Short-term rentals in Bradford
Bradford has 1,052 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 608 on Airbnb and 444 on Booking.com. That ranks it 76th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 58% of its listings on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by MVS Property Group (86 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,052
- Market rank
- #76 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 23
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bradford
In Bradford, Airbnb leads with 608 listings (58%), versus 444 on Booking.com (42%).
Where the listings are in Bradford
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.
Market structure in Bradford
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 23 named professional operators run 244 local listings between them, and the three largest — MVS Property Group, Hayy Apart|Hotels and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 59% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 29%
- Median market
- 41%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Apartments & flats make up 51% of Bradford's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (28%).
Largest operators in Bradford
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MVS Property Group | 86 | — | 6.6 / 10 | 2,228 |
| 2 | Hayy Apart|Hotels | 37 | 4.03 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 3,516 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 22 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 19 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 5 | My Property Host | 17 | 4.28 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,849 |
| 6 | Cottages.com | 14 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 7 | Your.Rentals | 14 | 4.59 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 14,423 |
| 8 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 9 | PureStay Management | 5 | 4.66 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 1,325 |
| 10 | ALSENED LTD | 4 | 3.38 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 153,888 |
The other 13 professional operators in Bradford
Local listings
- Furnished Accommodation 3 listings
- Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 2 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 2 listings
- Host & Stay 2 listings
- Pass the Keys 2 listings
- stayful.co.uk 2 listings
- Adagio Aparthotel 1 listing
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- Brightworks Property Management 1 listing
- innkeeperscollection.co.uk 1 listing
- KAF Properties 1 listing
- master | Serviced Apartments & Aparthotels 1 listing
- Staybridge Suites 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bradford among their markets. See the full interactive Bradford market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bradford compares
Bradford ranks 76th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Sutton 1,079 listings
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Hayle 1,075 listings
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Derby 1,060 listings
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Ipswich 1,051 listings
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Southport 1,051 listings
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Shrewsbury 1,045 listings
Photo credits
- Sutton: Photo: Sutton, Surrey London Sutton High Street - by A P Monblat · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hayle: Photo: 1646 - Hayle Estuary from the electric works by John Bennett · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Derby: Photo: Derby Montage by Marketing Derby · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ipswich: Photo: Clear sky afternoon on the Ipswich Waterfront by LakeKnowledge · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southport: Photo: Lord Street, Southport by Small-town hero · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury: Photo: The Square, Shrewsbury by Gnesener1900 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bradford market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bradford?
Bradford has 1,052 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 608 on Airbnb and 444 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bradford?
The largest professional operator in Bradford is MVS Property Group, with 86 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bradford short-term rental market?
29% of Bradford's listings (301 of 1,052) 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: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 23 named professional operators run 244 local listings between them, and the three largest — MVS Property Group, Hayy Apart|Hotels and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 59% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bradford?
In Bradford, Airbnb leads with 608 listings (58%), versus 444 on Booking.com (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bradford?
23 named professional operators run listings in Bradford. 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 1,052 public short-term rental listings in Bradford, 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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