Short-term rentals in Ballater
Ballater is the 423rd-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 423 listings, 63% on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (59 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 423
- Market rank
- #423 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ballater
In Ballater, Airbnb leads with 265 listings (63%), versus 158 on Booking.com (37%).
Where the listings are in Ballater
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.
Market structure in Ballater
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 103 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Interhome — account for 89% of that. The other 19 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 29%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 35%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 70% of Ballater's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (10%).
Largest operators in Ballater
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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottages.com | 59 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 19 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Interhome | 14 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,242 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 2 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Hoseasons | 1 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ballater among their markets. See the full interactive Ballater market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ballater compares
Ballater ranks 423rd 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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Witney 425 listings
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Hillingdon 424 listings
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Tewkesbury 424 listings
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Benllech 422 listings
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St Just 422 listings
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Kirkwall 421 listings
Photo credits
- Witney: Photo: St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Green, Witney - geograph.org.uk - 247742 by Brian Robert Marshall · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hillingdon: Photo: Civic Centre, Uxbridge - geograph.org.uk - 189483 by Ray Stanton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tewkesbury: Photo: Tewkesbury Abbey 2011 by Saffron Blaze · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Benllech: Photo: Traeth Benllech - geograph.org.uk - 568466 by Keith Williamson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- St Just: Photo: 2024 St Just in Penwith (4) by Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Kirkwall: Photo: Kirkwall Harbour by Stevekeiretsu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ballater market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ballater?
Ballater has 423 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 265 on Airbnb and 158 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ballater?
The largest professional operator in Ballater is Cottages.com, with 59 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ballater short-term rental market?
29% of Ballater's listings (122 of 423) 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: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 103 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Interhome — account for 89% of that. The other 19 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ballater?
In Ballater, Airbnb leads with 265 listings (63%), versus 158 on Booking.com (37%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ballater?
7 named professional operators run listings in Ballater. 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 423 public short-term rental listings in Ballater, 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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