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Vacation Rental and Airbnb Management Companies in the Crystal Coast (2026)
The vacation rental and Airbnb management companies across Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Emerald Isle, Morehead City, Pine Knoll Shores, Swansboro, and Harkers Island, ranked by the homes they run there. AirROI counts 71 active Airbnb homes run by Evolve in the Crystal Coast, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Baran Properties the best-rated among Crystal Coast companies with 25+ homes and 500+ reviews, at 4.92 over 1,268 reviews. No company runs more than 3.9% of the Crystal Coast's Airbnb listings, and the ten largest together run 26%.
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: Crystal Coast Airbnb market.
- Ranked companies running 10+ listings
- 13
- Active Airbnb listings
- 1,800
- Listings run by companies
- 32%
Ranking
Who Are the Best Airbnb Management Companies in the Crystal Coast?
By active Airbnb listings, the largest Airbnb management companies in the Crystal Coast are Evolve (71), Surf Realty (61), and At Waves Edge Vacation Rentals (57). By guest rating, Baran Properties ranks first at 4.92 over 1,268 reviews, ahead of Haylee (4.91) and Sun, Surf & Sand Vacation Rentals (4.82). The table ranks the 19 largest; switch the order to see the best rated.
Largest Airbnb management companies in Crystal Coast
Ranked by active Airbnb homes run as host or co-host in Crystal Coast; "All markets" is the company's homes everywhere and the markets they sit in.
| # | Company | In Crystal Coast |
|---|---|---|
| Evolve, Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort · ★ 4.72, 4,689 markets | 71 | |
| Surf Realty, Emerald Isle, Swansboro, Atlantic Beach · ★ 4.82, 7 markets | 61 | |
| At Waves Edge Vacation Rentals, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Morehead City · ★ 4.87, 8 markets | 57 | |
| 4 | Spinnakers Reach, Emerald Isle · ★ 4.85, 3 markets · +30 in a year | 56 |
| 5 | Atlantic Beach Realty By Casag, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Morehead City, 7 markets | 50 |
| 6 | Vacasa, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Morehead City, 815 markets | 45 |
| 7 | Haylee, Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach, Morehead City · ★ 4.91, 6 markets · +20 in a year | 41 |
| 8 | Sun, Surf & Sand Vacation Rentals, Atlantic Beach, Morehead City · ★ 4.82, 2 markets | 34 |
| 9 | Baran Properties, Atlantic Beach, Morehead City, Beaufort · ★ 4.92, 5 markets · +18 in a year | 30 |
| 10 | 34 North Vacations, Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Morehead City · ★ 4.92, 7 markets | 22 |
| 11 | Bluewater Vacation Rentals, Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, 3 markets | 16 |
| 12 | Away By The Sea, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Harkers Island · ★ 4.95, 5 markets | 14 |
| 13 | Ashly, Beaufort · ★ 4.90, 1 market | 12 |
| 14 | Salty Knot Properties, Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Beaufort · ★ 4.91, 4 markets | 7 |
| 15 | Fairly, Atlantic Beach, Beaufort, Emerald Isle, 404 markets | 5 |
| 16 | Aiyanna, Morehead City, Beaufort · ★ 4.85, 5 markets | 5 |
| 17 | Trista, Emerald Isle, Atlantic Beach · ★ 4.86, 5 markets | 5 |
| 18 | Shorewood Real Estate, Emerald Isle, 1 market | 5 |
| 19 | Surfside Property, Atlantic Beach, Pine Knoll Shores, 2 markets | 5 |
Best-rated Airbnb management companies in Crystal Coast
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baran Properties, Atlantic Beach, 1,268 reviews | 4.92 | |
| Haylee, Emerald Isle, 1,982 reviews | 4.91 | |
| Sun, Surf & Sand Vacation Rentals, Atlantic Beach, 5,579 reviews | 4.82 | |
| 4 | Surf Realty, Emerald Isle, 1,222 reviews | 4.82 |
| 5 | Evolve, Emerald Isle, 2,202 reviews | 4.72 |
How to read this table
Largest individual hosts in the Crystal Coast
| # | Host | In the Crystal Coast |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudia | 91 |
| 2 | Shari | 24 |
| 3 | Linda | 21 |
| 4 | Teresa | 13 |
| 5 | Ashley | 13 |
| 6 | Shawn | 12 |
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 the Crystal Coast Do Management Companies Run the Most Homes?
In the Crystal Coast, companies run the most Airbnb listings in Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, and Beaufort. Each city below links to its Airbnb market data. The counts add up the 19 ranked companies' largest cities, so they are floors.
Companies run the most homes in Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, and Beaufort
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Beach | 198 | |
| Emerald Isle | 172 | |
| Beaufort | 59 | |
| 4 | Morehead City | 40 |
| 5 | Swansboro | 8 |
Fees
How Much Does an Airbnb Manager Charge in the Crystal Coast?
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 Crystal Coast 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 Atlantic Beach, the average Airbnb earned $33,300 over the 12 months to October 2026. A 15% fee on that is about $5,000 a year.
The fee a year on the average Airbnb in Atlantic Beach
- At 15%
- $5,000
- At 20%
- $6,660
- At 25%
- $8,330
- At 30%
- $9,990
AirROI compares company-run and owner-run homes in the cities it has management pages for, none of them in the Crystal Coast. See whether an Airbnb manager is worth it in North Carolina.
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Market
How Many Airbnb Management Companies Are There in the Crystal Coast?
13 companies that manage homes for owners run 10 or more active Airbnb listings in the Crystal Coast, and 19 run 5 or more, in AirROI's data for the 12 months to October 2026. Hosts with no business account run 68% of all listings.
The ten largest companies run 26% of Airbnb listings in the Crystal Coast, and the largest runs 3.9%
Share of 1,800 active Airbnb listings by who runs them, 12 months to October 2026
- The largest company 3.9%
- The next nine largest 22%
- Other companies and business accounts 5.7%
- Hosts with no business account 68%
Questions
Questions About Airbnb Management in the Crystal Coast
Who Is the Best Airbnb Management Company in the Crystal Coast?
AirROI counts 71 active Airbnb homes run by Evolve in the Crystal Coast, the most of any management company (12 months to October 2026). AirROI rates Baran Properties the best-rated management company in the Crystal Coast, at 4.92 over 1,268 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 the Crystal Coast. 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.