Short-term rentals in Barmouth
Barmouth has 490 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 260 on Airbnb and 230 on Booking.com. That ranks it 356th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (53%) and Booking.com (47%). 38% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (65 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 490
- Market rank
- #356 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Barmouth
In Barmouth, supply is split almost evenly: 260 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 230 on Booking.com (47%).
Where the listings are in Barmouth
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 Barmouth
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Lounge Holidays in Tywyn — account for 79% of that. The other 21 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 38%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 26%
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 55% of Barmouth's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (25%).
Largest operators in Barmouth
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 65 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 34 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 3 | Lounge Holidays in Tywyn | 31 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 1,593 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 28 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 6 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Barmouth among their markets. See the full interactive Barmouth market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Barmouth compares
Barmouth ranks 356th 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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Grange over Sands 492 listings
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Belper 491 listings
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Combe Martin 491 listings
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Hemel Hempstead 490 listings
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Menai Bridge 490 listings
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Grantham 489 listings
Photo credits
- Grange over Sands: Photo: Church Hill, Grange over Sands - geograph.org.uk - 1835284 by Brian Clift · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Belper: Photo: Belper kingst by chevin · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Combe Martin: Photo: Combe martin by Tony Atkin · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hemel Hempstead: Photo: Hemel Hempstead, High Street - geograph.org.uk - 588632 by Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Menai Bridge: Photo: High Street, Menai Bridge (1) - geograph.org.uk - 1480689 by Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grantham: Photo: Grantham Town by David Johnson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Barmouth market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Barmouth?
Barmouth has 490 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 260 on Airbnb and 230 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Barmouth?
The largest professional operator in Barmouth is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 65 local listings.
How professionalised is the Barmouth short-term rental market?
38% of Barmouth's listings (185 of 490) 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: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Lounge Holidays in Tywyn — account for 79% of that. The other 21 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Barmouth?
In Barmouth, supply is split almost evenly: 260 listings on Airbnb (53%) and 230 on Booking.com (47%).
How many professional operators run listings in Barmouth?
5 named professional operators run listings in Barmouth. 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 490 public short-term rental listings in Barmouth, 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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