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Short-term rentals in Bury Saint Edmunds

Bury Saint Edmunds has 858 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 567 on Airbnb and 291 on Booking.com. That ranks it 138th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 66% of its listings on Airbnb. 27% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (62 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
858
Market rank
#138 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bury Saint Edmunds

In Bury Saint Edmunds, Airbnb leads with 567 listings (66%), versus 291 on Booking.com (34%).

Where the listings are in Bury Saint Edmunds

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.

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Market structure in Bury Saint Edmunds

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 204 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, David Burr Holiday Lettings and Cottages.com — account for 64% of that. The other 31 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
27%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
37%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 321
  • 2–5 listings 188
  • 6–25 listings 114
  • 26+ (professional) 235

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 60% of Bury Saint Edmunds' classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 512
  • B&Bs & guest houses 114
  • Apartments & flats 94
  • Private & shared rooms 57
  • Unique & outdoor 52
  • Hotels & hostels 29

Largest operators in Bury Saint Edmunds

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 Bury Saint Edmunds, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 62 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 David Burr Holiday Lettings 42 4.72 / 5 8.6 / 10 613
3 Cottages.com 27 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 19 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Norfolk Hideaways 10 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,836
6 Idyllic Cottages 7 4.90 / 5 9.0 / 10 647
7 Stay in Suffolk 7 4.73 / 5 8.6 / 10 13,630
8 Travelnest Ltd 7 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
9 The Grove Cottages 6 4.90 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,140
10 The Suffolk Cottage Collection 4 4.84 / 5 8.8 / 10 946

The other 6 professional operators in Bury Saint Edmunds

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How Bury Saint Edmunds compares

Bury Saint Edmunds ranks 138th 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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Bury Saint Edmunds market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Bury Saint Edmunds?

Bury Saint Edmunds has 858 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 567 on Airbnb and 291 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bury Saint Edmunds?

The largest professional operator in Bury Saint Edmunds is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 62 local listings.

How professionalised is the Bury Saint Edmunds short-term rental market?

27% of Bury Saint Edmunds' listings (235 of 858) 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 20% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 204 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, David Burr Holiday Lettings and Cottages.com — account for 64% of that. The other 31 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bury Saint Edmunds?

In Bury Saint Edmunds, Airbnb leads with 567 listings (66%), versus 291 on Booking.com (34%).

How many professional operators run listings in Bury Saint Edmunds?

16 named professional operators run listings in Bury Saint Edmunds. 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 858 public short-term rental listings in Bury Saint Edmunds, 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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