Short-term rentals in Bridgend
Bridgend is the 344th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 503 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 39% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (70 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 503
- Market rank
- #344 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bridgend
In Bridgend, Airbnb leads with 311 listings (62%), versus 192 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Bridgend
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 Bridgend
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 52% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 174 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Stay Gower — account for 79% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 39%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 27%
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 60% of Bridgend's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Bridgend
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 70 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 37 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Stay Gower | 30 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,623 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 23 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 5 | Salt & City Stays | 6 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 5,240 |
| 6 | My Property Host | 2 | 4.29 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,689 |
| 7 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 8 | We Stay Ltd | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,089 |
| 9 | Hoseasons | 1 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
| 10 | The Cricketers Inn | 1 | 5.00 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 98,700 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bridgend among their markets. See the full interactive Bridgend market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bridgend compares
Bridgend ranks 344th 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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Rothesay 508 listings
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Wakefield 506 listings
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Bolton 504 listings
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Blakeney 501 listings
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Cartmel 500 listings
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Felton 499 listings
Photo credits
- Rothesay: Photo: Rothesay Pier - geograph.org.uk - 31029 by william craig · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wakefield: Photo: Wakefield-1 by Tim Green from Bradford · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bolton: Photo: Bolton Town Hall by Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blakeney: Photo: Blakeney High Street - geograph.org.uk - 1767948 by Phillip Perry · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cartmel: Photo: Cartmell Village by Strider52 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Felton: Photo: Main Street, Felton - geograph.org.uk - 334272 by Les Hull · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bridgend market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bridgend?
Bridgend has 503 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 311 on Airbnb and 192 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bridgend?
The largest professional operator in Bridgend is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 70 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bridgend short-term rental market?
39% of Bridgend's listings (197 of 503) 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: 52% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 174 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Stay Gower — account for 79% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bridgend?
In Bridgend, Airbnb leads with 311 listings (62%), versus 192 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bridgend?
10 named professional operators run listings in Bridgend. 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 503 public short-term rental listings in Bridgend, 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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