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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Tampa (2026)

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI

The short answer

Tampa Airbnb Management in Brief

A good manager can pay for itself in Tampa. Of the 8 companies with 10 or more year-round homes to compare, 3 out-earn similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee, not counting one with an exceptionally large lead, counted separately.

In the 12 months to September 2026, Tampa's largest Airbnb and vacation rental management company was VirtuPro, with 42 of the city's 4,480 active Airbnb listings; Emperor Rentals was next with 39. In all, 27 companies ran five or more Tampa listings.

"Similar owner-run homes" are homes whose owner runs only that one Tampa listing, with no co-host, the same bedrooms and room type, listed all year and open on 240+ nights, booked on 60+ of them, with 5+ reviews. Revenue is what each home earned on Airbnb, estimated from booked nights and rates; stays sold on other sites or direct aren't counted.

Revenue, occupancy and nightly rates across the whole market are in the Tampa Airbnb market report .

The ranking

Tampa Airbnb Management Companies, Ranked

Companies are ranked by the active Tampa listings they run, as host or as co-host on an owner's account. "Lead vs similar" shows how much more a company's homes earned than owner-run Tampa homes with the same number of bedrooms and room type, where they earned more, so a company of big houses isn't flattered by their size.

All of the 4 top-ranked companies that host mainly on their own accounts grew over the past year.

Largest management companies in Tampa

Ranked by active Tampa listings run as host or co-host in the 12 months to September 2026.

Largest management companies in Tampa
#CompanyListings
VirtuProCo-hosts · ZIP 33602 · ZIP 33607★ 4.81 · +235%† vs similar homes42
Emperor RentalsZIP 33604 · ZIP 33605★ 4.91 · +41% vs similar homes39
BrightwildZIP 33606 · ZIP 33605★ 4.84 · +130% vs similar homes32
4EvolveZIP 33609 · ZIP 33603★ 4.77 · +7% vs similar homes29
5Historic Ybor HomesCo-hosts · ZIP 33605 · ZIP 33604★ 4.76 · +24% vs similar homes25
6Stay Teal DoorZIP 33609 · ZIP 33607★ 4.72 · +29% vs similar homes25
7Bojano StaysCo-hosts · also Bojano Hospitality · ZIP 33603 · ZIP 33602★ 4.7020
8VROF ReservationsCo-hosts · also Vacation Rentals of Florida · ZIP 33609 · ZIP 33610★ 4.5020
9StayHomesCo-hosts · also Stay Homes · ZIP 33610 · ZIP 33616★ 4.7319
10Joyful Moments Vacation RentalsCo-hosts · ZIP 33607 · ZIP 33612★ 4.8418
11VelloZIP 33605 · ZIP 33604★ 4.79 · +14% vs similar homes16
12Casago★ 4.6415
13Thomas Lane - CAYA Vacation★ 4.8614
14Tampa Vacation CollectionZIP 33607★ 4.7613
15Lala Premier PropertiesCo-hosts · ZIP 33603 · ZIP 33605★ 4.7611
16Florida StaysZIP 33607 · ZIP 3354910
17Harrison Home ServicesCo-hosts · ZIP 33607 · ZIP 33604★ 4.809
18Jaime, Check in Coastal Stays★ 4.749
19Streamlined RentalsZIP 33610 · ZIP 336059
20IC Property HoldingsCo-hosts★ 4.688
21Millennial PropertiesZIP 33602 · ZIP 33605★ 4.848
22Vacation HereCo-hosts · ZIP 33602 · ZIP 33605★ 4.778
23Ruiz HostingZIP 33634★ 4.917
24Thorn Point Vacation RentalsZIP 33610 · ZIP 33604★ 4.797
25Check in Vacation Stays6

Fastest-growing management companies in Tampa

Listings added over the past 12 months on each company's own Airbnb accounts, among companies running at least 10 today. Companies that mostly co-host on owners' accounts are left out, because Airbnb's co-host records from a year ago are incomplete.

Fastest-growing management companies in Tampa
#CompanyListings added
Stay Teal DoorZIP 33609 · ZIP 33607★ 4.72 · +29% vs similar homes+9
Tampa Vacation CollectionZIP 33607★ 4.76+9
Emperor RentalsZIP 33604 · ZIP 33605★ 4.91 · +41% vs similar homes+7

Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Tampa

Average guest rating across each company's rated listings, weighted by reviews, among companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews.

Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Tampa
#CompanyAverage rating
Emperor RentalsZIP 33604 · ZIP 33605★ 4.91 · +41% vs similar homes4.91
Thomas Lane - CAYA Vacation★ 4.864.86
Joyful Moments Vacation RentalsCo-hosts · ZIP 33607 · ZIP 33612★ 4.844.84
4BrightwildZIP 33606 · ZIP 33605★ 4.84 · +130% vs similar homes4.84
5VirtuProCo-hosts · ZIP 33602 · ZIP 33607★ 4.81 · +235%† vs similar homes4.81
6VelloZIP 33605 · ZIP 33604★ 4.79 · +14% vs similar homes4.79
7EvolveZIP 33609 · ZIP 33603★ 4.77 · +7% vs similar homes4.77
8Tampa Vacation CollectionZIP 33607★ 4.764.76
9Lala Premier PropertiesCo-hosts · ZIP 33603 · ZIP 33605★ 4.764.76
10Historic Ybor HomesCo-hosts · ZIP 33605 · ZIP 33604★ 4.76 · +24% vs similar homes4.76
11StayHomesCo-hosts · also Stay Homes · ZIP 33610 · ZIP 33616★ 4.734.73
12Stay Teal DoorZIP 33609 · ZIP 33607★ 4.72 · +29% vs similar homes4.72
13Bojano StaysCo-hosts · also Bojano Hospitality · ZIP 33603 · ZIP 33602★ 4.704.70
14Casago★ 4.644.64
15VROF ReservationsCo-hosts · also Vacation Rentals of Florida · ZIP 33609 · ZIP 33610★ 4.504.50

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Tampa listings

Each company's year-round homes against owner-run Tampa homes with the same bedrooms and room type, among companies with at least 15 such homes.

Management companies whose homes most out-earn similar Tampa listings
#CompanyLead vs similar
BrightwildZIP 33606 · ZIP 33605★ 4.84 · +130% vs similar homes+130%
Emperor RentalsZIP 33604 · ZIP 33605★ 4.91 · +41% vs similar homes+41%
Historic Ybor HomesCo-hosts · ZIP 33605 · ZIP 33604★ 4.76 · +24% vs similar homes+24%
4VirtuProCo-hosts · ZIP 33602 · ZIP 33607★ 4.81 · +235%† vs similar homes+235%†
How to read this table

Shortlist

The Best Airbnb Management Companies in Tampa, by Home Size

A company that runs studios well may not suit a four-bedroom house. For each size, these are the Tampa companies whose homes of that size out-earn owner-run homes of the same size by enough to cover a 20% fee (25% or more), on at least five year-round homes of that size, rated 4.7 or higher over 100 or more reviews. Leads of 150% or more are left out: that's more than management usually explains.

Studios and 1 bedroom

No company yet has enough highly rated year-round studio and 1-bedroom homes with a 25% lead to list here; the ranking above covers every company.

2 bedrooms

  1. Brightwild 7 homes · rated 4.84 · small sample
    +108%

3 bedrooms

  1. Stay Teal Door 5 homes · rated 4.72 · small sample
    +89%
  2. Vello 6 homes · rated 4.79 · small sample
    +72%
  3. Historic Ybor Homes 5 homes · rated 4.76 · small sample
    +31%

4 bedrooms or more

  1. Emperor Rentals 16 homes · rated 4.91
    +55%
  2. Ruiz Hosting 5 homes · rated 4.91 · small sample
    +113%

Each figure is revenue against owner-run homes with the same bedrooms and room type, on the company's year-round homes of that size only. "Small sample" marks a figure on five to nine homes: a lead to follow up, not a result. It says what the company's homes earned, not what yours will.

Fees

What an Airbnb Manager Costs in Tampa

Few management companies publish their fees. Of the 81 companies AirROI checked in 6 US cities in September 2026, 9 publish a rate, from 10% to 30% of booking revenue with a median starting rate of 15%, and 49 quote only on request. Expect to ask each Tampa company you shortlist for a quote.

Get the rate in writing along with what it's charged on: some companies take their share of the nightly rate only, others of everything the guest pays, cleaning fee included. With the company-run median Tampa cleaning fee of $200, a 20% rate that also applies to cleaning takes another $40 from every stay. Ask too what's billed on top (linen, repairs, a setup fee) and how much notice ends the contract.

At the median starting rate, rounded to 15%, a manager has to lift revenue by 18% to leave an owner where they started, and 65% of company-run Tampa homes earned at least that much more than the owner-run median for their size, against 39% of owner-run homes with no manager at all.

What a fee costs a year on a median Tampa home

What a fee costs a year on a median Tampa home
HomeMedian revenue15% fee20% fee25% fee30% fee
1 bedroom$14,200$2,130$2,840$3,550$4,260
2 bedrooms$27,800$4,170$5,560$6,950$8,340
3 bedrooms$37,200$5,580$7,440$9,300$11,160
4 bedrooms$56,000$8,400$11,200$14,000$16,800
5+ bedrooms$112,000$16,800$22,400$28,000$33,600

The fee on the median booking revenue of entire homes listed all 12 months, at common rates. A company's quote for your home can differ; ask for the full rate card in writing.

The numbers

Is an Airbnb Manager Worth It in Tampa?

At the median, company-run Tampa listings earned 84% more than owner-run ones over the 12 months to September 2026. Much of that is the homes: companies run bigger places. Matched by bedroom count and room type, company-run listings earned 42% more than owner-run ones, with nightly rates 39% higher and occupancy 6% higher.

A company charging a share of revenue pays for itself on revenue alone when it lifts income by more than the share: a 20% fee needs a 25% lift, and 3 of the 8 Tampa companies with enough homes to compare clear it. The table shows how many company-run homes clear each bar:

Company-run homes that earn enough to cover each fee

  • Company-run
  • Owner-run
  • 15% fee needs +18% 65%
  • 20% fee needs +25% 61%
  • 25% fee needs +33% 56%
  • 30% fee needs +43% 48%
  • 35% fee needs +54% 46%

A home "earns it" when its revenue over the 12 months to September 2026 beat the owner-run median for homes of the same room type and bedroom count by at least the lift shown. Homes listed all year only.

How we compared

Read the 20% row. 61% of company-run Tampa homes earned at least 25% more than the owner-run median for their size, enough to pay that fee and still leave the owner ahead. 35% of owner-run homes cleared the same mark with no manager at all, so a company-run home is 26 percentage points more likely to clear the bar, beyond the ±9 points that chance alone could produce on these numbers. Ask any manager to show you homes of its own that clear it.

Company-run homes out-earn similar owner-run ones whichever account they sit on: those a company co-hosts on the owner's own Airbnb account earned 37% more than similar owner-run homes, though VirtuPro alone runs about half of the co-hosted homes, and those on a company's own account 43% more. Of all 179 year-round company-run Tampa homes, 67 stay on the owner's own account, with the company as co-host. Owners who keep the listing on their own account keep its reviews if they change manager.

Results vary by company, and the ranking shows the companies whose homes lead similar ones. Managers also choose the homes they take on, so part of any lead reflects the homes, and the comparison matches homes by room type and bedrooms only, not by street or finish. It counts Airbnb bookings only.

Profiles

The 10 Top-Ranked Companies, Profiled

The 10 top-ranked companies: what each runs, where, and how its homes compare with similar owner-run Tampa homes. Each card's revenue, per-night and nights figures are medians across its homes, so the last two don't multiply to the first.

The six top-ranked

  • VirtuPro

    #1 by listings ZIP 33602, ZIP 33607 Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Largest in Tampa Earns far more than similar homes

    VirtuPro is Tampa's largest Airbnb management company, with 42 active listings, and guests rate its homes 4.81 over 4,170 reviews.

    Active listings
    42
    Guest rating
    4.81
    4,170 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $210
    median
    vs similar homes
    +235%
    revenue, 39 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    VirtuPro in figures
  • Emperor Rentals

    #2 by listings ZIP 33604, ZIP 33605

    Best rated in Tampa Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Emperor Rentals is Tampa's 2nd largest Airbnb management company, with 39 active listings, and guests rate its homes 4.91 over 3,000 reviews.

    Active listings
    39
    +7 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.91
    3,000 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $310
    median
    vs similar homes
    +41%
    revenue, 31 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Emperor Rentals in figures
  • Brightwild

    #3 by listings ZIP 33606, ZIP 33605

    Best results in Tampa Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Brightwild is Tampa's 3rd largest Airbnb management company, with 32 active listings, and guests rate its homes 4.84 over 990 reviews.

    Active listings
    32
    +3 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.84
    990 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $340
    median
    vs similar homes
    +130%
    revenue, 21 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Brightwild in figures
  • 4

    Evolve

    #4 by listings ZIP 33609, ZIP 33603

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    Evolve runs 29 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.77 over 687 reviews.

    Active listings
    29
    +4 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.77
    687 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $240
    median
    vs similar homes
    +7%
    revenue, 11 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Evolve in figures
  • 5

    Historic Ybor Homes

    #5 by listings ZIP 33605, ZIP 33604 Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    Historic Ybor Homes runs 25 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.76 over 3,700 reviews.

    Active listings
    25
    Guest rating
    4.76
    3,700 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $150
    median
    vs similar homes
    +24%
    revenue, 17 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Historic Ybor Homes in figures
  • 6

    Stay Teal Door

    #6 by listings ZIP 33609, ZIP 33607

    Fastest growing in Tampa Out-earns similar homes by enough to cover a 20% fee

    Stay Teal Door runs 25 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.72 over 880 reviews.

    Active listings
    25
    +9 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.72
    880 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $265
    median
    vs similar homes
    +29%
    revenue, 11 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Stay Teal Door in figures

The next ranked

  • 7

    Bojano Stays

    #7 by listings ZIP 33603, ZIP 33602 Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Bojano Stays runs 20 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.70 over 781 reviews.

    Active listings
    20
    Guest rating
    4.70
    781 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $295
    median
    Year-round homes
    7
    listed all 12 months
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Bojano Stays in figures
  • 10

    Joyful Moments Vacation Rentals

    #10 by listings ZIP 33607, ZIP 33612 Co-hosts on owners' accounts

    Joyful Moments Vacation Rentals runs 18 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.84 over 1,340 reviews.

    Active listings
    18
    Guest rating
    4.84
    1,340 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $110
    median
    Year-round homes
    10
    listed all 12 months
    What it runs
    Account
    Joyful Moments Vacation Rentals in figures
  • 11

    Vello

    #11 by listings ZIP 33605, ZIP 33604

    Out-earns similar owner-run homes

    Vello runs 16 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.79 over 512 reviews.

    Active listings
    16
    Guest rating
    4.79
    512 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $250
    median
    vs similar homes
    +14%
    revenue, 14 homes compared
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Vello in figures
  • 14

    Tampa Vacation Collection

    #14 by listings ZIP 33607

    Tampa Vacation Collection runs 13 active Tampa Airbnb listings, and guests rate its homes 4.76 over 451 reviews.

    Active listings
    13
    +9 in a year
    Guest rating
    4.76
    451 reviews
    Nightly rate
    $235
    median
    Year-round homes
    6
    listed all 12 months
    What it runs
    Results
    Account
    Tampa Vacation Collection in figures

Checklist

Before You Sign: Seven Things to Check with a Tampa Manager

Benchmarks

What Tampa Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch

A manager's projection is only as good as the homes it is compared with. These are the typical results for Tampa entire homes listed for all 12 months, by bedroom count, over the 12 months to September 2026.

What Tampa entire homes earned a year, by bedroom count

What Tampa Airbnbs Earn: Benchmarks to Test a Manager's Pitch
HomeMedianTop quarter overTo net the median after 20%
1 bedroom 979 homes$14,200$24,800$17,750
2 bedrooms 592 homes$27,800$39,700$34,750
3 bedrooms 610 homes$37,200$60,100$46,500
4 bedrooms 265 homes$56,000$91,200$70,000
5+ bedrooms 126 homes$112,000$166,000$140,000

Booking revenue of entire homes listed all 12 months. A quarter of homes earned less than the bottom-quarter figure and a quarter more than the top-quarter one. The last column is what a home has to earn for a 20% fee to leave its owner the median.

A projection above the top-quarter line for your size of home ($39,700 for a two-bedroom) should come with the comparable homes the company already runs. The fee changes the sum: on a two-bedroom earning the median $27,800, a 20% fee comes to $5,560 a year and leaves its owner $22,240, so to leave you with the median a manager has to bring in $34,750.

Before comparing managers' fees, see what the home itself could earn: the Airbnb revenue calculator gives a revenue range for one Tampa address from comparable listings.

Estimate what your Tampa home could earn

Market structure

Who Runs Tampa's Airbnb Market

Hosts with a single listing run 35% of Tampa's Airbnbs. Accounts with 20 or more listings, companies, individuals and hotels alike, run 9%. These bands count Airbnb accounts, not brands, so a company with several accounts can sit in more than one. The share Airbnb flags as professionally managed rose from 8% to 12% over the year.

Who runs Tampa's Airbnb listings

Share of Tampa's 4,480 active listings, by how many listings their operator runs in the city

  • Hosts with one listing 35% · 1,560 operators
  • 2–4 listings 33% · 602 operators
  • 5–19 listings 23% · 134 operators
  • 20–99 listings 9% · 14 operators

39% of Tampa's listings name at least one co-host. Many management companies work that way: the listing, its reviews and its payouts stay on the owner's account, and the company runs it as co-host. The profiles above show how much of each company's portfolio runs on owners' accounts. Airbnb's own "professional host" flag covers 12% of listings; it marks hosts who run several homes, companies or not, so it isn't the same measure as the company share.

Where they work

Where Tampa's Management Companies Operate

The share of each neighborhood's active listings run by management companies and other business accounts.

Where Tampa's Management Companies Operate
NeighborhoodActive listingsShare run by companies
ZIP 3360742719%
ZIP 3360422514%
ZIP 3360521817%
ZIP 336032168%
ZIP 3360914515%
ZIP 3361013916%
ZIP 3360613712%
ZIP 3361213210%
ZIP 3360212826%
ZIP 33611996%

Neighborhood · active listings · share run by management companies and other businesses

Rules

Rules a Tampa Manager Has to Follow

The rules follow the property, whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Tampa is allowed for stays of seven nights or longer with a Florida vacation rental license; Tampa's zoning code does not allow shorter stays in single-family neighborhoods, and code fines run up to $1,000 a day.

The Tampa Airbnb regulations page covers the permit, fees, operating limits and taxes, each linked to its official source. A manager that takes on your home should handle the permit and tax filings, and the contract should say who does what.

Tampa Airbnb regulations Permit, fees, limits and taxes

FAQ

Tampa Airbnb Management: Frequently Asked Questions

What is the largest Airbnb management company in Tampa?

VirtuPro runs 42 active Tampa Airbnb listings, more than any other company in AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, ahead of Emperor Rentals (39) and Brightwild (32).

How many Airbnb management companies operate in Tampa?

In the 12 months to September 2026, 16 management companies ran 10 or more active Tampa listings, and 27 ran 5 or more. Many smaller managers work as co-hosts on owners' accounts; they are counted on every listing they co-host.

What share of Tampa Airbnbs are professionally managed?

Airbnb's own "professional host" flag, which also covers individuals who run several homes, is on 12%, against 8% a year earlier. 39% list at least one co-host.

Do professionally managed Airbnbs earn more in Tampa?

Yes, on average. In the 12 months to September 2026, Tampa homes run by companies with 10 or more listings earned 42% more than owner-run homes with the same number of bedrooms and room type (158 company-run and 385 owner-run year-round homes), according to AirROI. Company by company, 7 of the 8 with 10 or more year-round homes to compare out-earned similar homes, and 3 by the 25% or more that a 20% fee needs, not counting one whose lead of 150% or more is more than management usually explains. Company-run homes also charge 39% more a night than owner-run homes of the same size. Managers also choose which homes they take on, so part of any gap reflects the homes themselves.

Is it worth hiring an Airbnb manager in Tampa?

Often: the typical company-run Tampa home earned 42% more than a similar owner-run one in the 12 months to September 2026, enough to cover a fee of up to about 29%. 3 of the 8 Tampa companies with 10 or more year-round homes out-earn similar owner-run homes by the 25% or more a 20% fee needs, led by Brightwild (+130%) and Emperor Rentals (+41%). 61% of company-run Tampa homes earned 25% or more above the owner-run median for their size, enough to cover a 20% fee, against 35% of owner-run homes with no manager. A manager also buys back the time hosting takes: guest messages, cleaning, pricing and upkeep.

How much do Airbnb management companies charge in Tampa?

Few management companies publish their fees. Of the 81 companies AirROI checked in 6 US cities in September 2026, 9 publish a rate, from 10% to 30% of booking revenue with a median starting rate of 15%, and 49 quote only on request. So ask each Tampa company for its rate in writing, and whether it's a share of nightly revenue only or of cleaning fees too. What a fee has to earn is fixed: a 20% fee needs a 25% lift in revenue to leave you where you started, and a 30% fee needs 43%. In Tampa, the typical company-run home's lead over similar owner-run ones would cover a fee of up to about 29%.

What are the best Airbnb management companies in Tampa?

On AirROI's data for the 12 months to September 2026, the Tampa companies whose homes most out-earn similar owner-run homes are Brightwild (+130% across 21 homes, rated 4.84) and Emperor Rentals (+41% across 31 homes, rated 4.91). That counts companies with 15 or more year-round homes, an average guest rating of 4.7 or higher over 100 or more reviews, and a lead of at least 25%, enough to cover a 20% fee. VirtuPro shows an even larger lead, 150% or more, which also reflects the homes it runs: their size, finish and location count alongside the management. No single measure makes a company best for your home: check that it runs homes like yours, in your area, before you sign.

How much does a 2-bedroom Airbnb make in Tampa?

The median 2-bedroom entire home in Tampa earned $27,800 in the 12 months to September 2026, and the top quarter earned $39,700 or more, at a median 46% occupancy.

Which Tampa Airbnb management companies have the best guest ratings?

Among Tampa management companies with at least 10 rated listings and 100 reviews, Emperor Rentals (4.91), Thomas Lane - CAYA Vacation (4.86) and Brightwild (4.84) had the highest average guest ratings in the 12 months to September 2026.

Which Airbnb management companies are growing fastest in Tampa?

Stay Teal Door (+9 listings), Tampa Vacation Collection (+9 listings), Emperor Rentals (+7 listings) added the most listings on their own Airbnb accounts over the past year.

What is an Airbnb co-host, and how common are they in Tampa?

A co-host helps run a listing that stays on the owner's Airbnb account, from messaging guests to pricing and cleaning, so the listing, its reviews and its payouts stay with the owner if the manager changes. A listing on a company's own account belongs to the company, and its reviews usually don't move with the home. 39% of Tampa's active listings name at least one co-host, and several of the companies above run most of their homes that way.

Do I need a permit if a company manages my Tampa Airbnb?

Yes: the rules apply to the property whoever runs it. Short-term renting in Tampa is allowed for stays of seven nights or longer with a Florida vacation rental license; Tampa's zoning code does not allow shorter stays in single-family neighborhoods, and code fines run up to $1,000 a day. The Tampa Airbnb regulations page has the permit steps, fees and taxes.

How are these Tampa management companies ranked?

By the number of active Tampa Airbnb listings each company runs, as host or co-host, in the 12 months to September 2026. Individual hosts who don't trade as a business are not named.

Method

How This Ranking Works

The ranking counts active Airbnb listings in Tampa over the 12 months to September 2026, on the same definition as AirROI's Tampa market report, so the totals match. A listing counts toward its host account and toward every co-host named on it, because many companies run homes on the owner's own account. A company that runs several Airbnb accounts under one brand appears once, with the accounts combined.

The full method: classification, comparisons and fees

Accounts are classified from their names, and the Tampa accounts with the most listings were checked by hand. Only property-management businesses are ranked, under the name they trade as; individual hosts who don't trade as a business count in every market figure but are never named, and neither are accounts with a generic name, such as "Property" or "Concierge", that can't be tied to a company. Hotels and serviced-apartment operators that list their own rooms are left out, and so are companies that mostly take stays of a month or more, because they compete with rentals rather than holiday lets.

"Lead vs similar" compares each of a company's homes with the median owner-run Tampa home of the same bedroom count and room type, and reports the median of those comparisons. The figure is shown where a company's homes earn more than similar ones. A lower figure isn't shown: on Airbnb data alone it mostly reflects listings that are new or re-listed and still building reviews, or homes that differ in ways a bedroom count misses, rather than the management. Only homes listed for the whole 12 months and open to bookings on at least 240 nights, booked on 60 or more, with 5 or more reviews count, on both sides, so a company that added homes mid-year isn't marked down for their short first year, a listing that sits idle or is too new to have reviews doesn't stand for its company, and an owner who rents out their own home a few weekends a year doesn't set the benchmark. Companies with fewer than five such homes show a dash, and those with fewer than ten show "few": too few to compare fairly, so their figures are never quoted. The ranking by revenue needs at least 15. The shortlist by home size needs five homes of a size and marks a figure on fewer than ten as a small sample. The ± bands treat homes as independent; homes run by one company resemble each other, so the true uncertainty is somewhat wider. The profiles split revenue into revenue per booked night and nights booked, on the same homes, each against the owner-run median for that measure. A home's revenue is the one times the other, but the three medians don't multiply: among owner-run homes, the ones that charge more tend to book fewer nights, so the median rate times the median nights isn't the median revenue. A company's rating averages its listings' overall Airbnb ratings, weighted by their reviews. Revenue is gross Airbnb booking revenue, estimated from booked nights and rates, before any management fee. Stays a company or owner sells on other sites or direct aren't counted, so a company that sells much of its calendar elsewhere can look weaker here than it is; that applies to owner-run homes too. A home counts toward the company named on it now, so a home that changed manager during the year brings months run by its previous one.

The fee figures pool the rates management companies publish on their own websites, checked by hand in September 2026 in the 6 US cities AirROI researched. No company's rate is shown on its own: most quote each home on request, so the page gives the spread of the published rates instead.

Growth counts the listings a company hosts on its own Airbnb accounts now against 12 months earlier. Companies that mostly co-host on owners' accounts show no growth figure, because Airbnb's co-host records from a year ago are incomplete, and accounts with no listings a year ago are marked new rather than ranked for growth.

The page is rebuilt each quarter from the latest listing data. A company that thinks its figures are wrong can write to AirROI, and corrections are checked against the listing data.