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Vacation Rental and Airbnb Management Companies in Kona (2026)
The vacation rental and Airbnb management companies across Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Captain Cook, Honaunau-Napoopoo, and Kailua-Kona, ranked by the homes they run there. AirROI counts 169 active Airbnb homes run by Knutson & Associates in Kona, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Big Island Stays the best-rated among Kona companies with 25+ homes and 500+ reviews, at 4.84 over 647 reviews. No company runs more than 7.1% of Kona's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 28%.
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: Kona Airbnb market.
- Ranked companies running 10+ listings
- 30
- Active Airbnb listings
- 2,383
- Listings run by companies
- 45%
Ranking
Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in Kona?
By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in Kona are Knutson & Associates (169), Kona Coast Vacations (119), and Vacasa (78). By guest rating, Big Island Stays ranks first at 4.84 over 647 reviews, ahead of Gather Vacations (4.83) and Kona Coast Vacations (4.79). The table ranks the 45 largest; switch the order to see the best rated.
Largest Airbnb management companies in Kona
Ranked by active Airbnb homes run as host or co-host in Kona; "All markets" is the company's homes everywhere and the markets they sit in.
| # | Company | In Kona |
|---|---|---|
| Knutson & Associates, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.76, 11 markets · +34 in a year | 169 | |
| Kona Coast Vacations, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.79, 9 markets · +22 in a year | 119 | |
| Vacasa, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, 815 markets · +23 in a year | 78 | |
| 4 | Gather Vacations, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.83, 38 markets | 77 |
| 5 | Coldwell Banker Island Vacations, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa · ★ 4.71, 25 markets | 64 |
| 6 | Grand Welcome, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona, 127 markets | 37 |
| 7 | Evolve, Kailua-Kona, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, 4,689 markets | 36 |
| 8 | Aloha Condos, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.82, 8 markets | 29 |
| 9 | Brad And Sarah, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa · ★ 4.84, 23 markets | 27 |
| 10 | Live Suite, Kailua-Kona, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa · ★ 4.87, 88 markets | 25 |
| 11 | Big Island Stays, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.84, 7 markets | 25 |
| 12 | Todd, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou · ★ 4.88, 33 markets | 24 |
| 13 | Suite Life, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.77, 69 markets | 23 |
| 14 | Casago, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona, 585 markets | 19 |
| 15 | Steven, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa · ★ 4.84, 25 markets | 18 |
| 16 | Joy, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.82, 30 markets | 18 |
| 17 | Hawaiiʻs Homegrown Realty, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa · ★ 4.83, 2 markets | 18 |
| 18 | AutoRank Concierge, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, 76 markets | 15 |
| 19 | Hawaii Vacation Condos, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona, 20 markets | 15 |
| 20 | Luxury Properties, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa · ★ 4.89, 8 markets | 15 |
| 21 | Anna, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, 34 markets | 14 |
| 22 | First Island, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.71, 8 markets | 14 |
| 23 | David, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa · ★ 4.88, 47 markets | 12 |
| 24 | Sheryl, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou · ★ 4.77, 23 markets | 11 |
| 25 | SiRLiving.Com Concierge, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Honaunau-Napoopoo · ★ 4.92, 19 markets | 11 |
| 26 | Luva, Kailua-Kona, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Captain Cook · ★ 4.87, 7 markets | 11 |
| 27 | Chanh, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Honaunau-Napoopoo · ★ 4.92, 6 markets | 11 |
| 28 | Aria, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa · ★ 4.92, 2 markets | 10 |
| 29 | Kimberly Real Estate, Kailua-Kona, 1 market | 10 |
| 30 | Kona Vacation, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, 3 markets | 10 |
| 31 | RoomPicks, Kahaluu-Keauhou, 353 markets | 9 |
| 32 | Extra Holidays®, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa · ★ 4.70, 107 markets | 9 |
| 33 | Jeanie, Holualoa, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona, 4 markets | 8 |
| 34 | Chase 'N Rainbows by Castle Resorts, Kailua-Kona, 11 markets | 6 |
| 35 | Kalista, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.96, 4 markets | 6 |
| 36 | Keoni, Holualoa · ★ 4.86, 4 markets | 6 |
| 37 | Jan, Holualoa, 64 markets | 5 |
| 38 | Deena, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, 45 markets | 5 |
| 39 | Rent My Timeshare, Kailua-Kona, 18 markets | 5 |
| 40 | Resortica, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa · ★ 4.79, 7 markets | 5 |
| 41 | Desi, Kahaluu-Keauhou, 12 markets | 5 |
| 42 | Muhammed Mahbub, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona, 7 markets | 5 |
| 43 | Lanui Realty, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.85, 6 markets | 5 |
| 44 | Kalista, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Kailua-Kona · ★ 4.96, 4 markets | 5 |
| 45 | KonaHome Vacation, Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, 3 markets | 5 |
Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Kona
Average guest rating across each company's rated listings, weighted by reviews, among companies with 25 or more listings and 500 or more reviews.
| # | Company | Average rating |
|---|---|---|
| Big Island Stays, Holualoa, 647 reviews | 4.84 | |
| Gather Vacations, Holualoa, 2,714 reviews | 4.83 | |
| Kona Coast Vacations, Holualoa, 736 reviews | 4.79 | |
| 4 | Knutson & Associates, Kahaluu-Keauhou, 2,464 reviews | 4.76 |
| 5 | Coldwell Banker Island Vacations, Kahaluu-Keauhou, 1,075 reviews | 4.71 |
How to read this table
Largest individual hosts in Kona
| # | Host | In Kona |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly | 20 |
| 2 | Alexa | 14 |
| 3 | Ahmet | 10 |
| 4 | Michael | 10 |
| 5 | Hailey | 10 |
| 6 | Dani | 10 |
| 7 | Vera Hawaii | 10 |
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 Kona Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?
In Kona, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, and Kailua-Kona. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data. The counts add up the 45 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.
Companies run the most homes in Kahaluu-Keauhou, Holualoa, and Kailua-Kona
Listings the ranked companies run in each city, 12 months to October 2026. Each company adds its three largest cities, so counts are floors.
| # | City | Run by the ranked companies |
|---|---|---|
| Kahaluu-Keauhou | 415 | |
| Holualoa | 330 | |
| Kailua-Kona | 292 | |
| 4 | Honaunau-Napoopoo | 6 |
Fees
How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in Kona?
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 Kona company, so these figures pool the 81 companies it checked in 6 US cities: 49 quote only on request, and the 9 that publish a rate charge 10% to 30% of booking revenue.
- Median starting fee, US
- 15%
- Published fee range
- 10%–30%
- Quote only on request
- 49 of 81
In Kahaluu-Keauhou, the average Airbnb earned $62,200 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 15% fee on that is about $9,330 a year.
The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Kahaluu-Keauhou
- At 15%
- $9,330
- At 20%
- $12,400
- At 25%
- $15,500
- At 30%
- $18,700
AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in Kona. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in Hawaii.
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Market
How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in Kona?
30 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in Kona, and 45 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 55% of all listings.
The ten largest companies run 28% of Airbnb listings in Kona, and the largest runs 7.1%
Share of 2,383 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026
- The largest company 7.1%
- The next nine largest 21%
- Other companies and business accounts 17%
- Hosts with no business account 55%
Questions
Questions About Airbnb Management in Kona
Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in Kona?
AirROI counts 169 active Airbnb homes run by Knutson & Associates in Kona, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Big Island Stays the best-rated management company in Kona, at 4.84 over 647 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 Kona. 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 Town and in Its Region?
Each page ranks companies by their homes in that place alone. A company with a few homes in one town and more in the towns around it ranks lower on the town's page than on the region or state page, where every town'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.