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Short-term rentals in Bournemouth

Bournemouth has 2,390 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,525 on Airbnb and 865 on Booking.com. That ranks it 22nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 25% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Bournecoast Holiday Agents (104 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,390
Market rank
#22 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
25

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bournemouth

In Bournemouth, Airbnb leads with 1,525 listings (64%), versus 865 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Bournemouth

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 2,390 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Bournemouth

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 25 named professional operators run 447 local listings between them, and the three largest — Bournecoast Holiday Agents, Sea Breeze Property Services LTD and Turay Homes — account for 55% of that. The other 149 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
25%
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 774
  • 2–5 listings 632
  • 6–25 listings 388
  • 26+ (professional) 596

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 58% of Bournemouth's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (17%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,388
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 395
  • Private & shared rooms 280
  • B&Bs & guest houses 155
  • Hotels & hostels 151
  • Unique & outdoor 20
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Bournemouth

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 Bournemouth, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Bournecoast Holiday Agents 104 4.66 / 5 8.5 / 10 2,436
2 Sea Breeze Property Services LTD 87 4.79 / 5 8.8 / 10 8,244
3 Turay Homes 53 3.59 / 5 5.4 / 10 500
4 Grandeur Property Management Limited 38 4.57 / 5 8.0 / 10 2,262
5 Coastline Retreats 34 4.80 / 5 8.5 / 10 1,997
6 Sykes Holiday Cottages 26 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
7 Cottages.com 22 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
8 ALSENED LTD 16 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
9 Quay Holidays LLP 15 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,217
10 Lelola Holiday Lettings 14 4.62 / 5 6.5 / 10 4,728

The other 15 professional operators in Bournemouth

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

How Bournemouth compares

Bournemouth ranks 22nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Bournemouth market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Bournemouth?

Bournemouth has 2,390 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,525 on Airbnb and 865 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Bournemouth is Bournecoast Holiday Agents, with 104 local listings.

How professionalised is the Bournemouth short-term rental market?

25% of Bournemouth's listings (596 of 2,390) 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 23% on Airbnb. The 25 named professional operators run 447 local listings between them, and the three largest — Bournecoast Holiday Agents, Sea Breeze Property Services LTD and Turay Homes — account for 55% of that. The other 149 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bournemouth?

In Bournemouth, Airbnb leads with 1,525 listings (64%), versus 865 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Bournemouth?

25 named professional operators run listings in Bournemouth. 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 2,390 public short-term rental listings in Bournemouth, 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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