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Short-term rentals in Axminster

Axminster is the 259th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 616 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 50% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (114 listings).

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Tracked listings
616
Market rank
#259 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Axminster

In Axminster, Airbnb leads with 394 listings (64%), versus 222 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Axminster

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 616 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Axminster

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 40% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 273 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 85% of that. The other 35 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
50%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
25%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 154
  • 2–5 listings 135
  • 6–25 listings 19
  • 26+ (professional) 308

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 68% of Axminster's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (12%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 416
  • B&Bs & guest houses 75
  • Unique & outdoor 61
  • Apartments & flats 32
  • Hotels & hostels 20
  • Private & shared rooms 12

Largest operators in Axminster

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 Axminster, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 114 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 71 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 46 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
4 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 10 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 1,962
5 Belvilla by OYO 8 4.29 / 5 6.8 / 10 8,441
6 Hoseasons 6 4.66 / 5 8.6 / 10 11,713
7 Dorset Hideaways 5 4.86 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,585
8 Finest Retreats 4 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960
9 Travelnest Ltd 3 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
10 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 2 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 78,520

The other 2 professional operators in Axminster

Local listings

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

How Axminster compares

Axminster ranks 259th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Axminster market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Axminster?

Axminster has 616 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 394 on Airbnb and 222 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Axminster is Cottages.com, with 114 local listings.

How professionalised is the Axminster short-term rental market?

50% of Axminster's listings (308 of 616) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 40% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 273 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 85% of that. The other 35 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Axminster?

In Axminster, Airbnb leads with 394 listings (64%), versus 222 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Axminster?

12 named professional operators run listings in Axminster. 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 616 public short-term rental listings in Axminster, 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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