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Short-term rentals in Brighton & Hove

Brighton & Hove is the 6th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 5,640 listings, 70% on Airbnb. 17% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by My Getaways Limited (133 listings).

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Tracked listings
5,640
Market rank
#6 / 597
National share
0.9%
Named professional operators
32

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Brighton & Hove

In Brighton & Hove, Airbnb leads with 3,939 listings (70%), 2.3× the 1,701 on Booking.com (30%).

Where the listings are in Brighton & Hove

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 5,640 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Brighton & Hove

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 32 named professional operators run 613 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Getaways Limited, Bravo Property and Host & Stay — account for 58% of that. The other 340 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
17%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
41%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 2,319
  • 2–5 listings 1,457
  • 6–25 listings 911
  • 26+ (professional) 953

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 51% of Brighton & Hove's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (25%).

  • Apartments & flats 2,850
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,426
  • Private & shared rooms 714
  • B&Bs & guest houses 343
  • Hotels & hostels 235
  • Unique & outdoor 72

Largest operators in Brighton & Hove

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 Brighton & Hove, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 My Getaways Limited 133 4.58 / 5 8.1 / 10 3,172
2 Bravo Property 110 4.50 / 5 4.8 / 10 775
3 Host & Stay 110 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,134
4 Cottages.com 31 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
5 Houst 28 4.63 / 5 7.4 / 10 17,804
6 Rose Platinum Properties 25 4.48 / 5 7.0 / 10 487
7 Pass the Keys 24 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
8 holidaycottages.co.uk 23 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
9 Travelnest Ltd 18 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
10 Finest Retreats 15 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960

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

How Brighton & Hove compares

Brighton & Hove ranks 6th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Brighton & Hove market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Brighton & Hove?

Brighton & Hove has 5,640 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 3,939 on Airbnb and 1,701 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Brighton & Hove?

The largest professional operator in Brighton & Hove is My Getaways Limited, with 133 local listings.

How professionalised is the Brighton & Hove short-term rental market?

17% of Brighton & Hove's listings (953 of 5,640) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 32 named professional operators run 613 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Getaways Limited, Bravo Property and Host & Stay — account for 58% of that. The other 340 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Brighton & Hove?

In Brighton & Hove, Airbnb leads with 3,939 listings (70%), 2.3× the 1,701 on Booking.com (30%).

How many professional operators run listings in Brighton & Hove?

32 named professional operators run listings in Brighton & Hove. 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 5,640 public short-term rental listings in Brighton & Hove, 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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