Short-term rentals in Brecon
Brecon is the 155th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 796 listings, 67% on Airbnb. 38% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (199 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 796
- Market rank
- #155 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Brecon
In Brecon, Airbnb leads with 531 listings (67%), 2× the 265 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Brecon
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 Brecon
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 30% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 286 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 92% of that. The other 19 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 38%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 69% of Brecon's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (10%).
Largest operators in Brecon
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 199 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 43 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 22 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 6 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 5 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 6 | Luxury Cottages | 3 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 2,454 |
| 7 | Wales Cottage Holidays | 3 | 4.69 / 5 | — | 370 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 10 | Host & Stay | 1 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Brecon among their markets. See the full interactive Brecon market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Brecon compares
Brecon ranks 155th 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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South Cerney 816 listings
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Aberaeron 800 listings
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Fowey 797 listings
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Arundel 794 listings
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Rochester 794 listings
- Derry Londonderry 791 listings
Photo credits
- South Cerney: Photo: All Saints Church South Cerney - geograph.org.uk - 128834 by Peter Watkins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberaeron: Photo: Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Cymru (Wales) - Gorllewin Cymru Forol - SAC Special Areas of Conservation 82 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Fowey: Photo: Fowey, Town Quay - geograph.org.uk - 47111 by Graham Proud · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Arundel: Photo: Arundel Castle -West Sussex, England-23June2011 by Miles Sabin from Brighton, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rochester: Photo: Rochester - geograph.org.uk - 381407 by John Watson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Brecon market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Brecon?
Brecon has 796 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 531 on Airbnb and 265 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Brecon?
The largest professional operator in Brecon is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 199 local listings.
How professionalised is the Brecon short-term rental market?
38% of Brecon's listings (305 of 796) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 30% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 286 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 92% of that. The other 19 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Brecon?
In Brecon, Airbnb leads with 531 listings (67%), 2× the 265 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Brecon?
11 named professional operators run listings in Brecon. 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 796 public short-term rental listings in Brecon, 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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