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Short-term rentals in Birmingham

Birmingham is the 3rd-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 9,370 listings, 57% on Airbnb. 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Hippy Joe (259 listings).

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Tracked listings
9,370
Market rank
#3 / 597
National share
1.5%
Named professional operators
48

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Birmingham

In Birmingham, Airbnb leads with 5,317 listings (57%), versus 4,053 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 9,370 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 15% on Airbnb. The 48 named professional operators run 1,186 local listings between them, and the three largest — Hippy Joe, Travelnest Ltd and Your Perfect Stay — account for 51% of that. The other 728 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
20%
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.

  • Single listing 2,632
  • 2–5 listings 2,846
  • 6–25 listings 1,978
  • 26+ (professional) 1,914

Listings by property type

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

  • Apartments & flats 4,823
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 2,285
  • Private & shared rooms 1,407
  • B&Bs & guest houses 485
  • Hotels & hostels 299
  • Unique & outdoor 69
  • 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 Hippy Joe 259 4.63 / 5 8.1 / 10 3,597
2 Travelnest Ltd 230 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
3 Your Perfect Stay 112 4.90 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,991
4 My Property Host 96 4.29 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,689
5 Hazan 81 4.52 / 5 7.8 / 10 406
6 Dayne 71 4.56 / 5 9.6 / 10 1,190
7 Cadbury Homes SA 52 4.58 / 5 7.3 / 10 1,753
8 Your.Rentals 28 4.62 / 5 7.4 / 10 11,822
9 Sykes Holiday Cottages 24 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
10 CoHost Partners 22 4.42 / 5 7.6 / 10 2,614

The other 38 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 9,370 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 5,317 on Airbnb and 4,053 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Birmingham is Hippy Joe, with 259 local listings.

How professionalised is the Birmingham short-term rental market?

20% of Birmingham's listings (1,914 of 9,370) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 48 named professional operators run 1,186 local listings between them, and the three largest — Hippy Joe, Travelnest Ltd and Your Perfect Stay — account for 51% of that. The other 728 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 5,317 listings (57%), versus 4,053 on Booking.com (43%).

How many professional operators run listings in Birmingham?

48 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 9,370 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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