Short-term rentals in Bath
Bath is the 18th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,818 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 22% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Pass the Keys (100 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 2,818
- Market rank
- #18 / 597
- National share
- 0.5%
- Named professional operators
- 27
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bath
In Bath, Airbnb leads with 1,861 listings (66%), versus 957 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Bath
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 Bath
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 545 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Keys, holidaycottages.co.uk and Rococo Of Bath — account for 49% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 22%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 33%
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
Apartments & flats make up 43% of Bath's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (35%).
Largest operators in Bath
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 | Pass the Keys | 100 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 87 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Rococo Of Bath | 78 | 4.90 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 7,495 |
| 4 | Curated Property | 40 | 4.81 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 4,668 |
| 5 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 39 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 6 | Cottages.com | 38 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 7 | Pass the Property | 27 | 4.61 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 4,652 |
| 8 | Tempstay Ltd | 26 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 4,232 |
| 9 | Bespoke Cultural Escapes | 19 | 4.91 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 5,384 |
| 10 | ALSENED LTD | 13 | 3.45 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 152,134 |
The other 17 professional operators in Bath
Local listings
- CoHost Partners 13 listings
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 10 listings
- Guesthoo 8 listings
- Red Kite Stays 8 listings
- Bolthole Retreats 7 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 7 listings
- Finest Retreats 6 listings
- Houst 6 listings
- Oliver's Travels 2 listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 2 listings
- Staybridge Suites 2 listings
- Staycation Holidays 2 listings
- Belvilla by OYO 1 listing
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- mystayinn LIMITED 1 listing
- Studio Apartment 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bath among their markets. See the full interactive Bath market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bath compares
Bath ranks 18th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Whitby 3,107 listings
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Oxford 2,871 listings
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Inverness 2,822 listings
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Carbis Bay 2,585 listings
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Southampton 2,493 listings
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Cambridge 2,420 listings
Photo credits
- Whitby: Photo: Rj whitby by Mr R Jordan ( Mr R Jordan ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oxford: Photo: Oxford from Boars Hill by Andrew Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness: Photo: Invernessmixed by Northlimitation · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carbis Bay: Photo: CarbisBayCornwallUK by Andy F · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southampton: Photo: Southampton2 by Garlicbatten · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cambridge: Photo: KingsCollegeChapelWest by Andrew Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bath market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bath?
Bath has 2,818 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,861 on Airbnb and 957 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bath?
The largest professional operator in Bath is Pass the Keys, with 100 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bath short-term rental market?
22% of Bath's listings (613 of 2,818) 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: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 545 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Keys, holidaycottages.co.uk and Rococo Of Bath — account for 49% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bath?
In Bath, Airbnb leads with 1,861 listings (66%), versus 957 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bath?
27 named professional operators run listings in Bath. 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 2,818 public short-term rental listings in Bath, 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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