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Short-term rentals in Aberdeen

Aberdeen is the 35th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,711 listings, 58% on Airbnb. 31% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Grampian Lettings (142 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,711
Market rank
#35 / 597
National share
0.3%
Named professional operators
24

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Aberdeen

In Aberdeen, Airbnb leads with 989 listings (58%), versus 722 on Booking.com (42%).

Where the listings are in Aberdeen

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red and Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan to explore the market, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 1,711 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Aberdeen

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 40% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 281 local listings between them, and the three largest — Grampian Lettings, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 68% of that. The other 246 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
31%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 460
  • 2–5 listings 477
  • 6–25 listings 247
  • 26+ (professional) 527

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 62% of Aberdeen's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (16%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,060
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 273
  • Private & shared rooms 126
  • B&Bs & guest houses 125
  • Hotels & hostels 109
  • Unique & outdoor 17
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Aberdeen

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked United Kingdom listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Aberdeen, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Grampian Lettings 142 4.69 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,058
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 26 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
3 Cottages.com 24 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
4 Travelnest Ltd 21 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
5 Vivi Stays 13 4.79 / 5 8.3 / 10 550
6 ALSENED LTD 8 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
7 Blok Property Management 7 4.74 / 5 8.4 / 10 584
8 Belvilla by OYO 5 4.29 / 5 6.8 / 10 8,441
9 Staybridge Suites 4 4.58 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,020,187
10 Studio Apartment 4 5.00 / 5 8.5 / 10 410,685

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Aberdeen among their markets. See the full interactive Aberdeen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Aberdeen compares

Aberdeen ranks 35th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Aberdeen market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Aberdeen?

Aberdeen has 1,711 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 989 on Airbnb and 722 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Aberdeen?

The largest professional operator in Aberdeen is Grampian Lettings, with 142 local listings.

How professionalised is the Aberdeen short-term rental market?

31% of Aberdeen's listings (527 of 1,711) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 40% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 281 local listings between them, and the three largest — Grampian Lettings, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 68% of that. The other 246 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Aberdeen?

In Aberdeen, Airbnb leads with 989 listings (58%), versus 722 on Booking.com (42%).

How many professional operators run listings in Aberdeen?

24 named professional operators run listings in Aberdeen. The full roster is listed on this page, and the interactive market report maps every listing.

About this data

Figures come from myDataValue's cross-platform market snapshot of 1,711 public short-term rental listings in Aberdeen, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com across the United Kingdom. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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