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Short-term rentals in Cambridge

Cambridge is the 21st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,420 listings, 69% on Airbnb. 14% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cambridge Homehost (74 listings).

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Tracked listings
2,420
Market rank
#21 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
15

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cambridge

In Cambridge, Airbnb leads with 1,659 listings (69%), 2.2× the 761 on Booking.com (31%).

Where the listings are in Cambridge

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 2,420 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Cambridge

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 8% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 200 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cambridge Homehost, Pass the Keys and Travelnest Ltd — account for 77% of that. The other 137 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
14%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
32%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 780
  • 2–5 listings 681
  • 6–25 listings 622
  • 26+ (professional) 337

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 35% of Cambridge's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (28%).

  • Apartments & flats 844
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 682
  • Private & shared rooms 560
  • B&Bs & guest houses 203
  • Hotels & hostels 72
  • Unique & outdoor 45
  • Other 14

Largest operators in Cambridge

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 Cambridge, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cambridge Homehost 74 4.84 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,956
2 Pass the Keys 67 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
3 Travelnest Ltd 13 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
4 Pass the Property 11 4.61 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,652
5 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 7 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,189
6 Cottages.com 6 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
7 Nestify Vacation Home Rental 6 4.57 / 5 7.6 / 10 1,415
8 Sykes Holiday Cottages 4 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
9 Charles Hope Apartments 3 4.68 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,319
10 Adagio Aparthotel 2 4.78 / 5 8.0 / 10 790,934

The other 5 professional operators in Cambridge

Local listings

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

How Cambridge compares

Cambridge ranks 21st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Cambridge market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Cambridge?

Cambridge has 2,420 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,659 on Airbnb and 761 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Cambridge is Cambridge Homehost, with 74 local listings.

How professionalised is the Cambridge short-term rental market?

14% of Cambridge's listings (337 of 2,420) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 8% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 200 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cambridge Homehost, Pass the Keys and Travelnest Ltd — account for 77% of that. The other 137 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cambridge?

In Cambridge, Airbnb leads with 1,659 listings (69%), 2.2× the 761 on Booking.com (31%).

How many professional operators run listings in Cambridge?

15 named professional operators run listings in Cambridge. 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 2,420 public short-term rental listings in Cambridge, 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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