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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Waikato (2026)

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI Updated

Updated monthly. Airbnb homes live at least 3 months in the 12 months to October 2026, each counted once; companies with fewer than 5 are not counted, so every count is a floor. Market data: Waikato Airbnb market.

Ranked companies running 10+ listings
17
Active Airbnb listings
4,568
Listings run by companies
17%

Ranking

Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in Waikato?

By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in Waikato are Bachcare (165), MyStays (124), and Harcourts Taupo Holiday Homes (66). By guest rating, Bachcare ranks first at 4.71 over 1,552 reviews. The table ranks the 21 largest; switch the order to see the most listings added.

Largest Airbnb management companies in Waikato

Ranked by active Airbnb homes run as host or co-host in Waikato; "All markets" is the company's homes everywhere and the markets they sit in.

Largest Airbnb management companies in Waikato
#CompanyIn Waikato
Bachcare, Taupō, Whitianga, Whangamatā · ★ 4.71, 128 markets165
MyStays, Taupō, Kinloch, Whangamatā · ★ 4.82, 20 markets · +74 in a year124
Harcourts Taupo Holiday Homes, Taupō, Kinloch · ★ 4.71, 2 markets · +17 in a year66
4Your Space Taupo, Taupō · ★ 4.84, 2 markets62
5Great Lake Stays, Taupō, Kinloch, Tūrangi · ★ 4.84, 5 markets · +15 in a year61
6MyStays NZ, Taupō, Kinloch · ★ 4.82, 2 markets53
7Hosts On The Coast, Whitianga, Cooks Beach, Hahei · ★ 4.92, 12 markets · +10 in a year43
8Be My Guest, Taupō · ★ 4.81, 1 market · +12 in a year39
9KOSH Team, Hamilton · ★ 4.92, 2 markets33
10Groundswell Property, Raglan · ★ 4.86, 3 markets24

Airbnb management companies adding the most listings in Waikato

Listings added over the past 12 months on each company's own Airbnb accounts, among companies running 25 or more today.

Airbnb management companies adding the most listings in Waikato
#CompanyListings added
MyStays, Taupō, Kinloch, Whangamatā · ★ 4.82, 20 markets+74
Harcourts Taupo Holiday Homes, Taupō, Kinloch · ★ 4.71, 2 markets+17
Great Lake Stays, Taupō, Kinloch, Tūrangi · ★ 4.84, 5 markets+15
4Be My Guest, Taupō · ★ 4.81, 1 market+12
5Hosts On The Coast, Whitianga, Cooks Beach, Hahei · ★ 4.92, 12 markets+10
How to read this table

Largest individual hosts in Waikato

Largest individual hosts in Waikato
#HostIn Waikato
1Levi33
2Kerry32
3Tina27
4Laurie-Ann23
5Lewis19
6Anita16
7Shelley16
8Jo14
9Mark & Kylie14
10Rhonda13
11David12
12Carla11
13Tessa11

Accounts under a person's name running 10 or more homes. They are not management companies, so they are not ranked above and have no profile.

Download the ranking as a CSV file, with each company's listings, markets, rating and growth.

Where

Where in Waikato Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?

In Waikato, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Taupō, Hamilton, and Raglan. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data. The counts add up the 21 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.

Dot map of 10 cities. Numbered pins mark: 1 Taupō, 2 Hamilton, 3 Raglan, 4 Whitianga, 5 Whangamatā, 6 Kinloch, 7 Pauanui, 8 Tūrangi.87654321 © OpenStreetMap
Listings run by companies Under 35 35+ 1 Most listings run by companies, as numbered in the table

Companies run the most homes in Taupō, Hamilton, and Raglan

Listings the ranked companies run in each city, 12 months to October 2026. Each company adds its three largest cities, so counts are floors.

Cities in Waikato by listings run by companies
#CityRun by the ranked companies
Taupō374
Hamilton65
Raglan60
4Whitianga36
5Whangamatā35
6Kinloch30
7Pauanui12
8Tūrangi10
9Cooks Beach5
10Hahei5

Fees

How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in Waikato?

AirROI does not publish or estimate any single company's fee, so ask for the rate card in writing. AirROI has not checked fees for any Waikato company, so these figures pool the 180 companies it checked in 11 major Airbnb markets: 102 quote only on request, and the 17 that publish a rate charge 10% to 30% of booking revenue.

Median starting fee, worldwide
17%
Published fee range
10%–30%
Quote only on request
102 of 180

In Taupō, the average Airbnb earned NZ$45,000 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 17% fee on that is about NZ$7,650 a year.

The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Taupō

At 15%
NZ$6,750
At 20%
NZ$9,000
At 25%
NZ$11,200
At 30%
NZ$13,500

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Market

How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in Waikato?

17 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in Waikato, and 21 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 84% of all listings.

The ten largest companies run 15% of Airbnb listings in Waikato, and the largest runs 3.6%

Share of 4,568 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026

  • The largest company 3.6%
  • The next nine largest 11%
  • Other companies and business accounts 1.8%
  • Hosts with no business account 84%

Questions

Questions About Airbnb Management in Waikato

Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in Waikato?

AirROI counts 165 active Airbnb homes run by Bachcare in Waikato, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Bachcare the best-rated management company in Waikato, at 4.71 over 1,552 guest reviews (12 months to October 2026). No single measure makes a company best for your home: check that it runs homes like yours, in your area, before you sign.

Why Does a Company Show Fewer Homes Here Than on Airbnb?

This page counts a home only when it was live in at least 3 of the 12 months, live in at least 1 of the last 3, and had 3 or more booked or blocked nights in its live months, and only in Waikato. A company's Airbnb profile shows every listing it has ever published, including homes that have not opened yet, homes listed for a few weeks, and homes elsewhere. Open a row for the company's homes in its other markets, or its profile for every home tied to it and why each one is or is not counted.

Why Is a Company Ranked Differently in a City and in Its Region?

Each page ranks companies by their homes in that place alone. A company with a few homes in one city and more in the cities around it ranks lower on the city's page than on the region or state page, where every city's homes count. The "All markets" column gives the company's homes everywhere, so the two rankings can be read together.

Method

About This Data

Listings
Active Airbnb listings over the 12 months to October 2026: open to bookings through the year, each counted once per company for its host and for every co-host. Airbnb only: homes listed only on Vrbo, Booking.com or a company's own site are not counted.
Companies
A company's Airbnb accounts with 5 or more active listings are joined into one company, so counts and shares are floors. Companies that manage homes for owners are ranked; hotels, resorts and booking platforms are counted in the totals but not ranked.
Ratings
Airbnb's guest rating, averaged across a company's listings and weighted by their reviews. Shown from 4.7 over 100 or more reviews; the best-rated order needs 25+ listings and 500+ reviews.
Growth
Listings added on a company's own Airbnb accounts over 12 months, for companies that ran 10 or more a year ago. Co-hosted listings from a year ago are not fully recorded, and a takeover or a rename shows as growth.
Fees
Published owner terms on company websites, checked September 29, 2026, pooled across the companies checked. No company's fee is shown.
Independence
No company can pay to be listed or ranked, and nothing is self-reported. The ranking is updated every month; this edition on November 4, 2026, the next in December 2026.