Texas Vacation Rental Management Companies: The 2026 Market in Numbers
We pulled every Texas member of the national vacation rental managers’ association and ranked the market by the numbers: how many companies, who manages the most units, how concentrated it is, and what software runs it.
Texas is home to 234 VRMA-member vacation rental management companies, of which 111 disclosed a unit count totaling 6,443 managed units. The market is best described as a three-corridor market with no dominant operator.
The largest reporting operator is Life In Paradise Vacation Rentals at roughly 550 units. The top five reporting operators control about 34 percent of all units disclosed, the most common property management system among members is Streamline, and the median member company was founded around 2015.
01Texas at a glance
VRMA member companies headquartered in Texas, March 2026.
02The largest operators
Ranked by self-reported units managed. Figures are disclosed by the operators themselves.
| # | Operator | Units (self-reported) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Life In Paradise Vacation RentalsPort Aransas | 550 |
| 2 | Summit County Mountain RetreatsRichmond | 510 |
| 3 | Cozi Vacation RentalsFredericksburg | 400 |
| 4 | Silver Sands Vacation RentalsPort Aransas | 350 |
| 5 | Hill Country Premier LodgingWimberley | 350 |
| 6 | Absolute Charmfredericksburg | 245 |
| 7 | Ryson Vacation RentalsGalveston | 245 |
| 8 | Property Management Inc El Paso, LLCEl Paso | 230 |
| 9 | Goldnest Property ManagementDallas | 204 |
| 10 | Cartographer PropertiesGrapevine | 200 |
03How concentrated is the market?
The five largest reporting operators control about 34 percent of every unit disclosed by Texas members. That is a middle-of-the-road split typical of established markets.
04What software runs the market
Most-named property management systems among Texas members.
According to the VRMA directory, the unit-heavy incumbents in Texas still lean on Streamline and legacy HomeAway/Escapia systems, the same generational pattern we documented across the whole industry in the PMS market analysis.
05What the data says
Texas vacation rental management spreads across three distinct corridors with no single dominant operator. According to the VRMA public member directory (compiled March 2026), 234 Texas companies are members. After excluding TurnKey Vacation Rentals (see below), the largest genuinely independent Texas operator is Life In Paradise Vacation Rentals at roughly 550 units, and the top five reporting operators hold about 34 percent of disclosed units.
The three corridors are the Hill Country (Fredericksburg, Wimberley, Canyon Lake), the Gulf Coast (Galveston, Port Aransas, South Padre), and the urban Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth markets. The median Texas member was founded around 2015, one of the younger cohorts in the country, reflecting how recently the Hill Country and urban-STR scenes professionalized.
06Compare other states
Figures come from RapidEye's analysis of the VRMA (Vacation Rental Management Association) public member directory, compiled March 2026. Counts cover companies that list a Texas headquarters. Unit counts are self-reported; only 111 of 234 Texas members disclosed one, so the 6,443-unit total is a floor, not a census of every short-term rental in the state.
We de-duplicated companies that appear under multiple brand spellings (keeping the higher figure) and excluded entries whose self-reported totals reflect national franchise networks, timeshare or HOA portfolios, or brands since acquired and folded into a national operator. In Texas, the largest excluded entry was TurnKey Vacation Rentals (6,000 self-reported units), acquired by Vacasa in 2021 and reported nationally.
07Sources
- VRMA (Vacation Rental Management Association) — Public Member Directory, compiled March 2026 (primary data set).https://www.vrma.org/search/newsearch.asp
- RapidEye — The Largest Short-Term Rental Management Companies (2026).https://rapideyeinspections.com/blog/largest-short-term-rental-management-companies/
- RapidEye — The Vacation Rental PMS Market Just Flipped: 40 Years in One Chart.https://rapideyeinspections.com/blog/vacation-rental-pms-generational-shift/
08Frequently asked
How many vacation rental management companies are in Texas?
According to the VRMA public member directory compiled in March 2026, Texas has 234 member vacation rental management companies. Of those, 111 disclosed a unit count, together reporting 6,443 managed units.
Who is the largest vacation rental management company in Texas?
Based on self-reported figures in the VRMA directory, the largest reporting operator in Texas is Life In Paradise Vacation Rentals with approximately 550 units. The five largest reporting operators together account for about 34 percent of all units disclosed by Texas members.
What property management software do Texas vacation rental companies use?
Among Texas members that named a property management system, Streamline is the most common, consistent with the broader pattern in which Streamline and legacy HomeAway/Escapia systems still run most unit-heavy incumbents.