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Best Airbnb Management Companies in Iowa (2026)

AirROI counts 40 active Airbnb homes run by Evolve in Iowa, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Evolve the best-rated among Iowa companies with 25+ homes and 500+ reviews, at 4.78 over 994 reviews. No company runs more than 1.1% of Iowa's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 7.6%.

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: Iowa Airbnb market.

Ranked companies running 10+ listings
20
Active Airbnb listings
3,754
Listings run by companies
11%

Ranking

Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in Iowa?

By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in Iowa are Evolve (40), Midwest Hospitality (39), and Sleepover (33). By guest rating, Evolve ranks first at 4.78 over 994 reviews. The table ranks the 23 largest.

Largest Airbnb management companies in Iowa

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

Largest Airbnb management companies in Iowa
#CompanyIn Iowa
Evolve, Bettendorf, Clear Lake, Des Moines · ★ 4.78, 4,689 markets40
Midwest Hospitality, West Des Moines, Waukee · ★ 4.85, 2 markets39
Sleepover, Des Moines, West Des Moines, 11 markets33
4Jannica, Des Moines, West Des Moines, 8 markets29
5Benisha, Des Moines, 2 markets29
6Denice, Cedar Falls, Waterloo · ★ 4.74, 2 markets27
7STAE Management, Cedar Falls, 1 market27
8Michael, Des Moines, 9 markets26
9Lakeside Camp, Spirit Lake · ★ 4.80, 1 market17
10Trinity, Cedar Rapids, Marion, 2 markets17
How to read this table

Largest individual hosts in Iowa

Largest individual hosts in Iowa
#HostIn Iowa
1Jessica71
2Cara41
3Sheryl32
4Mark29
5Dan22
6Dee21
7Dan19
8Anna And Blake19
9Ken19
10Sherri18
11Sam17
12Angela17
13Bethany15
14Sergio13
15Andrea12
16Doug12
17Jody12
18Matt12
19Seth11
20Brent11
21Jie11
22Sara11
23Tina11
24Chris10
25Ciara10

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 Iowa Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?

In Iowa, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Des Moines, West Des Moines, and Cedar Falls. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data. The counts add up the 23 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.

Dot map of 13 cities. Numbered pins mark: 1 Des Moines, 2 West Des Moines, 3 Cedar Falls, 4 Cedar Rapids, 5 Spirit Lake, 6 Dubuque, 7 Moravia, 8 Council Bluffs.87654321 © OpenStreetMap
Listings run by companies Under 14 14–57 57–58 58+ 1 Most listings run by companies, as numbered in the table

Companies run the most homes in Des Moines, West Des Moines, and Cedar Falls

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 Iowa by listings run by companies
#CityRun by the ranked companies
Des Moines131
West Des Moines58
Cedar Falls57
4Cedar Rapids26
5Spirit Lake18
6Dubuque17
7Moravia14
8Council Bluffs12
9Davenport12
10Arnolds Park10

Fees

How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in Iowa?

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 Iowa 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 Des Moines, the average Airbnb earned $21,500 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 15% fee on that is about $3,230 a year.

The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Des Moines

At 15%
$3,230
At 20%
$4,300
At 25%
$5,380
At 30%
$6,460

AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in Iowa. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in the United States.

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Market

How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in Iowa?

20 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in Iowa, and 24 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 89% of all listings.

The ten largest companies run 7.6% of Airbnb listings in Iowa, and the largest runs 1.1%

Share of 3,754 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026

  • The largest company 1.1%
  • The next nine largest 6.5%
  • Other companies and business accounts 3.6%
  • Hosts with no business account 89%

Questions

Questions About Airbnb Management in Iowa

Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in Iowa?

AirROI counts 40 active Airbnb homes run by Evolve in Iowa, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Evolve the best-rated management company in Iowa, at 4.78 over 994 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 Iowa. 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.