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Short-term rentals in Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland is the 440th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 408 listings, 56% on Airbnb. 42% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (46 listings).

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Tracked listings
408
Market rank
#440 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
14

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bishop Auckland

In Bishop Auckland, Airbnb leads with 228 listings (56%), versus 180 on Booking.com (44%).

Where the listings are in Bishop Auckland

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 408 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Bishop Auckland

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 51% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 151 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 70% of that. The other 20 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
42%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
23%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 92
  • 2–5 listings 116
  • 6–25 listings 29
  • 26+ (professional) 171

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 73% of Bishop Auckland's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 297
  • Apartments & flats 56
  • B&Bs & guest houses 20
  • Private & shared rooms 18
  • Unique & outdoor 13
  • Hotels & hostels 4

Largest operators in Bishop Auckland

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 Bishop Auckland, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 46 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 30 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 30 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
4 Stay With Us MPB Ltd 12 4.51 / 5 7.3 / 10 2,536
5 Toast Lettings 9 4.45 / 5 8.5 / 10 1,501
6 Nest Acre Stays 5 4.48 / 5 6.7 / 10 1,202
7 Pass the Keys 5 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
8 Horizon Stays 4 4.45 / 5 8.4 / 10 389
9 Hoseasons 2 4.66 / 5 8.6 / 10 11,713
10 Luke Stays 2 4.51 / 5 8.0 / 10 697

The other 4 professional operators in Bishop Auckland

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

How Bishop Auckland compares

Bishop Auckland ranks 440th 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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Bishop Auckland market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Bishop Auckland?

Bishop Auckland has 408 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 228 on Airbnb and 180 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bishop Auckland?

The largest professional operator in Bishop Auckland is Cottages.com, with 46 local listings.

How professionalised is the Bishop Auckland short-term rental market?

42% of Bishop Auckland's listings (171 of 408) 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: 51% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 151 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 70% of that. The other 20 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bishop Auckland?

In Bishop Auckland, Airbnb leads with 228 listings (56%), versus 180 on Booking.com (44%).

How many professional operators run listings in Bishop Auckland?

14 named professional operators run listings in Bishop Auckland. 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 408 public short-term rental listings in Bishop Auckland, 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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