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Short-term rentals in Birmingham

Birmingham has 9,378 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 5,318 on Airbnb and 4,060 on Booking.com. That ranks it 3rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 57% of its listings on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Travelnest Ltd (286 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
9,378
Market rank
#3 / 597
National share
1.5%
Named professional operators
63

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Birmingham

In Birmingham, Airbnb leads with 5,318 listings (57%), versus 4,060 on Booking.com (43%).

Where the listings are in Birmingham

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 9,378 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Birmingham

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 63 named professional operators run 1,094 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest Ltd, My Property Host and Your Perfect Stay — account for 43% of that. The other 1,075 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
23%
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.

  • Single listing 2,401
  • 2–5 listings 2,717
  • 6–25 listings 2,091
  • 26+ (professional) 2,169

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 51% of Birmingham's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (24%).

  • Apartments & flats 4,826
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 2,291
  • Private & shared rooms 1,407
  • B&Bs & guest houses 485
  • Hotels & hostels 299
  • Unique & outdoor 68
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Birmingham

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 Birmingham, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Travelnest Ltd 286 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
2 My Property Host 95 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
3 Your Perfect Stay 91 4.89 / 5 9.1 / 10 2,014
4 Exclusive Short Stays 62 4.78 / 5 8.5 / 10 1,422
5 Cadbury Homes SA 52 4.58 / 5 7.3 / 10 1,755
6 CAPITAL HOUSE ESTATES LTD 43 4.88 / 5 8.9 / 10 407
7 Sleep Easy Homes 41 4.58 / 5 7.8 / 10 425
8 Holistic Properties 40 4.53 / 5 — 27
9 Zoom Inns 38 3.43 / 5 6.4 / 10 345
10 Your.Rentals 30 4.59 / 5 7.1 / 10 14,423

The other 53 professional operators in Birmingham

Local listings

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

How Birmingham compares

Birmingham ranks 3rd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 1.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Birmingham market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Birmingham?

Birmingham has 9,378 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 5,318 on Airbnb and 4,060 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Birmingham is Travelnest Ltd, with 286 local listings.

How professionalised is the Birmingham short-term rental market?

23% of Birmingham's listings (2,169 of 9,378) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 63 named professional operators run 1,094 local listings between them, and the three largest — Travelnest Ltd, My Property Host and Your Perfect Stay — account for 43% of that. The other 1,075 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Birmingham?

In Birmingham, Airbnb leads with 5,318 listings (57%), versus 4,060 on Booking.com (43%).

How many professional operators run listings in Birmingham?

63 named professional operators run listings in Birmingham. 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 9,378 public short-term rental listings in Birmingham, 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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