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Short-term rentals in Balloch

Balloch has 830 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 489 on Airbnb and 341 on Booking.com. That ranks it 145th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (64 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
830
Market rank
#145 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Balloch

In Balloch, Airbnb leads with 489 listings (59%), versus 341 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Balloch

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 830 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Balloch

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 23% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 124 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Caledonia Luxe Stays — account for 71% of that. The other 39 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
20%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 229
  • 2–5 listings 312
  • 6–25 listings 126
  • 26+ (professional) 163

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 50% of Balloch's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (29%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 418
  • Apartments & flats 238
  • B&Bs & guest houses 84
  • Unique & outdoor 39
  • Hotels & hostels 25
  • Private & shared rooms 24
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Balloch

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 Balloch, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 64 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 15 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Caledonia Luxe Stays 9 4.26 / 5 6.9 / 10 2,693
4 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 7 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
5 Sykes Holiday Cottages 6 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
6 Travelnest Ltd 5 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 Recharge Stays 4 4.16 / 5 5.6 / 10 360
8 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 2 4.82 / 5 8.0 / 10 302,031
9 Finest Retreats 2 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
10 Interhome 2 4.70 / 5 8.5 / 10 4,430

The other 6 professional operators in Balloch

Local listings

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

How Balloch compares

Balloch ranks 145th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Balloch market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Balloch?

Balloch has 830 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 489 on Airbnb and 341 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Balloch is Cottages.com, with 64 local listings.

How professionalised is the Balloch short-term rental market?

20% of Balloch's listings (163 of 830) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 23% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 124 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Caledonia Luxe Stays — account for 71% of that. The other 39 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Balloch?

In Balloch, Airbnb leads with 489 listings (59%), versus 341 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Balloch?

16 named professional operators run listings in Balloch. 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 830 public short-term rental listings in Balloch, 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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