Short-term rentals in Bury Saint Edmunds
Bury Saint Edmunds is the 138th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 857 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 26% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (54 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 857
- Market rank
- #138 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bury Saint Edmunds
In Bury Saint Edmunds, Airbnb leads with 568 listings (66%), versus 289 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.
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 18% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 137 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 72% of that. The other 87 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 26%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 39%
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 Bury Saint Edmunds' classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).
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. 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 | 54 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 26 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 19 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Norfolk Hideaways | 10 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,767 |
| 5 | Stay in Suffolk | 7 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 13,417 |
| 6 | Suffolk Secrets | 7 | 4.69 / 5 | — | 381 |
| 7 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 8 | Hoseasons | 4 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
| 9 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 2 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 10 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Bury Saint Edmunds among their markets. See the full interactive Bury Saint Edmunds market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
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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Photo credits
- Newton Abbot: Photo: Newtonmiasto by Kicior99 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dornoch: Photo: Doors And Windows - panoramio by Dg-505 · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wells next the Sea: Photo: Wells-next-the-Sea Quayside Aug 2013 by MOTORAL1987 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Haverfordwest: Photo: HaverfordwestSalutation Square by Deborah Tilley · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wigan: Photo: Wigan Pier and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal by Dave Green · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberystwyth: Photo: Arfordir Aberystwyth, Ceredigion - Aberystwyth SAC Special Areas of Conservation, West Wales Marine 01 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bury Saint Edmunds market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bury Saint Edmunds?
Bury Saint Edmunds has 857 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 568 on Airbnb and 289 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 54 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bury Saint Edmunds short-term rental market?
26% of Bury Saint Edmunds' listings (224 of 857) 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: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 137 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 72% of that. The other 87 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 568 listings (66%), versus 289 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bury Saint Edmunds?
10 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 857 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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