Short-term rentals in Beer
Beer is the 387th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 463 listings, 58% on Airbnb. 51% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (75 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 463
- Market rank
- #387 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Beer
In Beer, Airbnb leads with 269 listings (58%), versus 194 on Booking.com (42%).
Where the listings are in Beer
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 Beer
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 64% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 189 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 87% of that. The other 46 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 51%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 22%
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 64% of Beer's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Beer
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 | 75 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 69 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 21 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays | 12 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 1,130 |
| 5 | Fresh Escapes | 4 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,603 |
| 6 | Marsdens Devon Cottages | 4 | 4.63 / 5 | — | 196 |
| 7 | Cornwall Hideaways | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 8 | Toad Hall Cottages | 2 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 861 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Beer among their markets. See the full interactive Beer market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Beer compares
Beer ranks 387th 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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Thirsk 467 listings
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Teignmouth 465 listings
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Uxbridge 465 listings
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Pitlochry 463 listings
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Minehead 461 listings
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Loughborough 456 listings
Photo credits
- Thirsk: Photo: Thirsk Square 2004 by User:Misterweiss · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Teignmouth: Photo: Teignmouth from the coast path - geograph.org.uk - 491626 by Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Uxbridge: Photo: Uxbridge, The Market House - geograph.org.uk - 798869 by Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pitlochry: Photo: Pitlochry church 2007 by Michael Hanselmann · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Minehead: Photo: View Over Minehead From Hill by Wsupermain2 ( talk ). · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Loughborough: Photo: Loughborough Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 3932 by Chris J Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Beer market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Beer?
Beer has 463 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 269 on Airbnb and 194 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Beer?
The largest professional operator in Beer is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 75 local listings.
How professionalised is the Beer short-term rental market?
51% of Beer's listings (235 of 463) 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: 64% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 189 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 87% of that. The other 46 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Beer?
In Beer, Airbnb leads with 269 listings (58%), versus 194 on Booking.com (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Beer?
8 named professional operators run listings in Beer. 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 463 public short-term rental listings in Beer, 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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