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Short-term rentals in Buxton

Buxton has 972 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 578 on Airbnb and 394 on Booking.com. That ranks it 96th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 43% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (140 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
972
Market rank
#96 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Buxton

In Buxton, Airbnb leads with 578 listings (59%), versus 394 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Buxton

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 972 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Buxton

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 358 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 56 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
43%
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 233
  • 2–5 listings 225
  • 6–25 listings 100
  • 26+ (professional) 414

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 62% of Buxton's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 603
  • Apartments & flats 218
  • B&Bs & guest houses 51
  • Unique & outdoor 49
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • Hotels & hostels 16

Largest operators in Buxton

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 Buxton, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 140 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 97 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 75 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Finest Retreats 15 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
5 Travelnest Ltd 10 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
6 wanderhosts.com 8 4.85 / 5 9.0 / 10 6,644
7 Archibo Ltd 4 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,356
8 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 3 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
9 Claire Anthony Homes 2 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 2,647
10 Eason Stays 2 4.36 / 5 6.8 / 10 646

The other 2 professional operators in Buxton

Local listings

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

How Buxton compares

Buxton ranks 96th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Buxton market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Buxton?

Buxton has 972 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 578 on Airbnb and 394 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Buxton is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 140 local listings.

How professionalised is the Buxton short-term rental market?

43% of Buxton's listings (414 of 972) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 35% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 358 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 56 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Buxton?

In Buxton, Airbnb leads with 578 listings (59%), versus 394 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Buxton?

12 named professional operators run listings in Buxton. 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 972 public short-term rental listings in Buxton, 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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