Short-term rentals in Barnstaple
Barnstaple is the 108th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 934 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 45% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (163 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 934
- Market rank
- #108 / 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.
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 34% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 382 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 77% of that. The other 39 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 45%
- Median market
- 39%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 71% of Barnstaple's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (8%).
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 163 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 84 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 47 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | My Favourite Cottages | 26 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 952 |
| 5 | The Best of Exmoor | 19 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 3,917 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 10 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 9 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 8 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Marsdens Devon Cottages | 4 | 4.63 / 5 | — | 196 |
| 10 | TJS Properties | 4 | 4.54 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 2,797 |
The other 4 professional operators in Barnstaple
Local listings
- Guesthoo 3 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 2 listings
- Your Devon Escape 2 listings
- Cornwall Hideaways 1 listing
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 108th 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 941 listings
- Windsor 939 listings
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Whitstable 937 listings
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Wolverhampton 931 listings
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Glastonbury 930 listings
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Watford 930 listings
Photo credits
- 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 August 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 163 local listings.
How professionalised is the Barnstaple short-term rental market?
45% of Barnstaple's listings (421 of 934) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 66% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 382 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 77% 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 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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