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Short-term rentals in Bacton

Bacton has 518 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 321 on Airbnb and 197 on Booking.com. That ranks it 331st of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 53% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (78 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
518
Market rank
#331 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bacton

In Bacton, Airbnb leads with 321 listings (62%), versus 197 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Bacton

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 518 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Bacton

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 71% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 236 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Norfolk Hideaways — account for 67% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
53%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
22%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 115
  • 2–5 listings 83
  • 6–25 listings 47
  • 26+ (professional) 273

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 74% of Bacton's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (11%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 380
  • Unique & outdoor 56
  • B&Bs & guest houses 30
  • Apartments & flats 28
  • Hotels & hostels 12
  • Private & shared rooms 10
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Bacton

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 Bacton, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 78 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Cottages.com 64 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Norfolk Hideaways 17 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,836
4 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 17 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
5 Sykes Holiday Cottages 16 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
6 Norfolk Cottage Agency 9 4.68 / 5 8.4 / 10 423
7 Host & Stay 8 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959
8 Oliver's Travels 6 4.88 / 5 — 591
9 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 6 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,036
10 Staycation Holidays 6 4.68 / 5 8.6 / 10 1,275

The other 3 professional operators in Bacton

Local listings

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

How Bacton compares

Bacton ranks 331st 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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Bacton market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Bacton?

Bacton has 518 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 321 on Airbnb and 197 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Bacton is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 78 local listings.

How professionalised is the Bacton short-term rental market?

53% of Bacton's listings (273 of 518) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 71% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 236 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Norfolk Hideaways — account for 67% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bacton?

In Bacton, Airbnb leads with 321 listings (62%), versus 197 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Bacton?

13 named professional operators run listings in Bacton. 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 518 public short-term rental listings in Bacton, 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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