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Short-term rentals in Burnley

Burnley has 715 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 417 on Airbnb and 298 on Booking.com. That ranks it 194th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 58% of its listings on Airbnb. 36% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (41 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
715
Market rank
#194 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Burnley

In Burnley, Airbnb leads with 417 listings (58%), versus 298 on Booking.com (42%).

Where the listings are in Burnley

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 715 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Burnley

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 33% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 165 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Rave Stays Ltd — account for 67% of that. The other 93 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
36%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
24%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 171
  • 2–5 listings 192
  • 6–25 listings 94
  • 26+ (professional) 258

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 49% of Burnley's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (17%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 352
  • Apartments & flats 121
  • Private & shared rooms 111
  • B&Bs & guest houses 81
  • Hotels & hostels 26
  • Unique & outdoor 24

Largest operators in Burnley

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 Burnley, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 41 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 39 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Rave Stays Ltd 30 4.48 / 5 7.1 / 10 954
4 Host Your Home 16 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,402
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 10 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
6 Travelnest Ltd 9 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 ALSENED LTD 6 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
8 Blessed Home 2 — 3.4 / 10 428
9 Evolve Stays 2 4.65 / 5 7.5 / 10 1,286
10 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648

The other 6 professional operators in Burnley

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

How Burnley compares

Burnley ranks 194th 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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Burnley market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Burnley?

Burnley has 715 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 417 on Airbnb and 298 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Burnley is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 41 local listings.

How professionalised is the Burnley short-term rental market?

36% of Burnley's listings (258 of 715) 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: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 33% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 165 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Rave Stays Ltd — account for 67% of that. The other 93 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Burnley?

In Burnley, Airbnb leads with 417 listings (58%), versus 298 on Booking.com (42%).

How many professional operators run listings in Burnley?

16 named professional operators run listings in Burnley. 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 715 public short-term rental listings in Burnley, 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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