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Short-term rentals in Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum has 780 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 508 on Airbnb and 272 on Booking.com. That ranks it 162nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 37% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (78 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
780
Market rank
#162 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
10

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Blandford Forum

In Blandford Forum, Airbnb leads with 508 listings (65%), versus 272 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Blandford Forum

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 780 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Blandford Forum

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 250 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 82% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
37%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
32%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 253
  • 2–5 listings 185
  • 6–25 listings 50
  • 26+ (professional) 292

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 64% of Blandford Forum's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (12%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 496
  • Unique & outdoor 93
  • B&Bs & guest houses 88
  • Apartments & flats 60
  • Private & shared rooms 26
  • Hotels & hostels 16
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Blandford Forum

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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Largest operators in Blandford Forum, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 78 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Cottages.com 63 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 63 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
4 Dorset Hideaways 34 4.85 / 5 9.0 / 10 2,299
5 Travelnest Ltd 4 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
6 Norfolk Hideaways 3 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,836
7 Finest Retreats 2 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
8 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 4.82 / 5 8.0 / 10 302,031
9 Dorset Cottage Holidays 1 4.82 / 5 8.4 / 10 995
10 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 1 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,036

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

How Blandford Forum compares

Blandford Forum ranks 162nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Blandford Forum market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Blandford Forum?

Blandford Forum has 780 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 508 on Airbnb and 272 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Blandford Forum?

The largest professional operator in Blandford Forum is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 78 local listings.

How professionalised is the Blandford Forum short-term rental market?

37% of Blandford Forum's listings (292 of 780) 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: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 250 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 82% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Blandford Forum?

In Blandford Forum, Airbnb leads with 508 listings (65%), versus 272 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Blandford Forum?

10 named professional operators run listings in Blandford Forum. 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 780 public short-term rental listings in Blandford Forum, 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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