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Short-term rentals in Barnstaple

Barnstaple has 934 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 604 on Airbnb and 330 on Booking.com. That ranks it 109th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 47% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (171 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
934
Market rank
#109 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
14

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Barnstaple

In Barnstaple, Airbnb leads with 604 listings (65%), versus 330 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Barnstaple

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 934 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Barnstaple

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 380 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 79% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
47%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 254
  • 2–5 listings 148
  • 6–25 listings 95
  • 26+ (professional) 437

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 71% of Barnstaple's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (8%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 658
  • B&Bs & guest houses 72
  • Unique & outdoor 65
  • Apartments & flats 61
  • Private & shared rooms 56
  • Hotels & hostels 19
  • Other 3

Largest operators in Barnstaple

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 Barnstaple, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 171 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Cottages.com 81 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 49 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
4 My Favourite Cottages 26 4.76 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,188
5 Finest Retreats 19 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
6 Travelnest Ltd 10 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 8 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
8 Breakwater Holidays 4 4.87 / 5 9.2 / 10 357
9 TJS Properties 4 4.54 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,800
10 Cottages On The Coast 2 4.86 / 5 8.8 / 10 335

The other 4 professional operators in Barnstaple

Local listings

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

How Barnstaple compares

Barnstaple ranks 109th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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  • Sunderland: Photo: Church Street East, Sunderland by Reading Tom · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Whitstable: Photo: Whitstable, Kent (39956504163) by John Fielding from Norwich, UK · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Wolverhampton: Photo: Wolverhampton by Statsfan · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Glastonbury: Photo: Glastonbury (part of) from the tor arp by Photographed by myself (Adrian Pingstone) · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Watford: Photo: Watford Town Hall (19716814084) by Matt Brown from London, England · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons

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Barnstaple market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Barnstaple?

Barnstaple has 934 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 604 on Airbnb and 330 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Barnstaple is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 171 local listings.

How professionalised is the Barnstaple short-term rental market?

47% of Barnstaple's listings (437 of 934) 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: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 380 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 79% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Barnstaple?

In Barnstaple, Airbnb leads with 604 listings (65%), versus 330 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Barnstaple?

14 named professional operators run listings in Barnstaple. 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 934 public short-term rental listings in Barnstaple, 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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