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Vacation Rental and Airbnb Management Companies in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach (2026)
The vacation rental and Airbnb management companies across Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, ranked by the homes they run there. AirROI counts 149 active Airbnb homes run by Carolina Beach Realty in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Going Coastal the best-rated among Carolina Beach & Kure Beach companies with 25+ homes and 500+ reviews, at 4.80 over 4,900 reviews. No company runs more than 6.4% of Carolina Beach & Kure Beach's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 31%.
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: North Carolina Airbnb market.
- Ranked companies running 10+ listings
- 23
- Active Airbnb listings
- 2,312
- Listings run by companies
- 43%
Ranking
Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach?
By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach are Carolina Beach Realty (149), Bryant Real Estate (124), and Carolina Retreats Vacation Rentals (81). By guest rating, Going Coastal ranks first at 4.80 over 4,900 reviews, ahead of Evolve (4.80) and MK Short For Mary-Katherine (4.76). The table ranks the 29 largest; switch the order to see the best rated.
Largest Airbnb management companies in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach
Ranked by active Airbnb homes run as host or co-host in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach; "All markets" is the company's homes everywhere and the markets they sit in.
| # | Company | In Carolina Beach & Kure Beach |
|---|---|---|
| Carolina Beach Realty, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 2 markets | 149 | |
| Bryant Real Estate, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 3 markets | 124 | |
| Carolina Retreats Vacation Rentals, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 7 markets | 81 | |
| 4 | Going Coastal, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.80, 4 markets | 81 |
| 5 | Sea Coast Rentals, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 10 markets | 79 |
| 6 | Palm Air Realty, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 2 markets | 55 |
| 7 | Evolve, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.80, 4,689 markets | 44 |
| 8 | RedAwning Vacation Rentals, Carolina Beach, 187 markets | 41 |
| 9 | iTrip, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 275 markets | 40 |
| 10 | A1 Property Management, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 2 markets | 30 |
| 11 | MK Short For Mary-Katherine, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.76, 6 markets | 29 |
| 12 | Navigate Rentals And Management, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.81, 16 markets · +10 in a year | 22 |
| 13 | Carolina Getaway, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 5 markets | 22 |
| 14 | Vacasa, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 815 markets | 20 |
| 15 | Sea Scape Properties, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 9 markets | 18 |
| 16 | Jesslyn, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.94, 3 markets | 18 |
| 17 | Lary, Kure Beach, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.86, 3 markets | 15 |
| 18 | Coastal Carolina Property, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.79, 2 markets | 14 |
| 19 | Rian & Lary, Kure Beach, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.85, 3 markets | 13 |
| 20 | Network Real Estate, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 2 markets | 13 |
| 21 | Sojourn DC, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.91, 24 markets | 12 |
| 22 | Intracoastal Vacation Rentals, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach, 3 markets | 12 |
| 23 | Going Coastal, Carolina Beach, Kure Beach · ★ 4.79, 2 markets | 10 |
| 24 | Lumina Property Group, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.86, 5 markets | 9 |
| 25 | Allure Vacation Rentals, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.87, 5 markets | 7 |
| 26 | Ladd, Kure Beach · ★ 4.86, 4 markets | 7 |
| 27 | Coast And Capital Management, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.94, 3 markets | 6 |
| 28 | Coastline Realty, Kure Beach, Carolina Beach, 5 markets | 5 |
| 29 | Christen, Carolina Beach · ★ 4.95, 4 markets | 5 |
Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Going Coastal, Carolina Beach, 4,900 reviews | 4.80 | |
| Evolve, Carolina Beach, 1,488 reviews | 4.80 | |
| MK Short For Mary-Katherine, Carolina Beach, 2,867 reviews | 4.76 |
How to read this table
Largest individual hosts in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach
| # | Host | In Carolina Beach & Kure Beach |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe | 47 |
| 2 | Dale | 39 |
| 3 | Jim | 36 |
| 4 | Meghan | 28 |
| 5 | Amy | 23 |
| 6 | Cassandra | 22 |
| 7 | Joseph | 18 |
| 8 | Jody | 15 |
| 9 | Melissa | 12 |
| 10 | Kristin | 12 |
| 11 | Christine | 10 |
| 12 | Deborah Edwards | 10 |
| 13 | Jennifer | 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.
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Where
Where in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?
In Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Carolina Beach and Kure Beach. The counts add up the 29 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.
Fees
How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach?
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 Carolina Beach & Kure Beach 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 Carolina Beach, the average Airbnb earned $42,200 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 15% fee on that is about $6,320 a year.
The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Carolina Beach
- At 15%
- $6,320
- At 20%
- $8,430
- At 25%
- $10,500
- At 30%
- $12,600
AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in North Carolina.
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Market
How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach?
23 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, and 29 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 57% of all listings.
The ten largest companies run 31% of Airbnb listings in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, and the largest runs 6.4%
Share of 2,312 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026
- The largest company 6.4%
- The next nine largest 25%
- Other companies and business accounts 12%
- Hosts with no business account 57%
Questions
Questions About Airbnb Management in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach
Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach?
AirROI counts 149 active Airbnb homes run by Carolina Beach Realty in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Going Coastal the best-rated management company in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach, at 4.80 over 4,900 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.
Which Vacation Rental Companies Have the Most Homes in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach?
Carolina Beach Realty runs 149 active homes on Airbnb in Carolina Beach & Kure Beach in the 12 months to October 2026, ahead of Bryant Real Estate (124) and Carolina Retreats Vacation Rentals (81). A company that sells most of its calendar on Vrbo or its own site can show fewer homes here than it runs.
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 Carolina Beach & Kure Beach. 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.