Short-term rentals in Canterbury
Canterbury is the 58th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,266 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 24% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (46 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,266
- Market rank
- #58 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 17
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Canterbury
In Canterbury, Airbnb leads with 780 listings (62%), versus 486 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Canterbury
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 Canterbury
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 199 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Pass the Keys and Bloom Stays — account for 57% of that. The other 108 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 24%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 51% of Canterbury's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (21%).
Largest operators in Canterbury
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottages.com | 46 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Pass the Keys | 35 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 3 | Bloom Stays | 32 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,218 |
| 4 | Host & Stay | 20 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 19 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 6 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 15 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 10 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 8 | Keepers Cottages | 5 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 3,582 |
| 9 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 10 | Your.Rentals | 3 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
The other 7 professional operators in Canterbury
Local listings
- mystayinn LIMITED 2 listings
- The Holiday Cottage Collection 2 listings
- Belvilla by OYO 1 listing
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- Pass the Property 1 listing
- Staybridge Suites 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Canterbury among their markets. See the full interactive Canterbury market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Canterbury compares
Canterbury ranks 58th 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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Bowness-on-Windermere 1,306 listings
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Stoke on Trent 1,295 listings
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Ambleside 1,270 listings
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Matlock 1,259 listings
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Carlisle 1,257 listings
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Skipton 1,234 listings
Photo credits
- Bowness-on-Windermere: Photo: Bowness on Windermere by Karl1587 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stoke on Trent: Photo: Stoke-on-Trent montage by nagualdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ambleside: Photo: Shops in Ambleside (6789) by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Matlock: Photo: Bank Road, Matlock - geograph.org.uk - 937427 by David Rogers · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Carlisle: Photo: Carlisle Cathedral from the Air by Alex · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Skipton: Photo: Canal in Skipton 02 by Immanuel Giel · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Canterbury market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Canterbury?
Canterbury has 1,266 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 780 on Airbnb and 486 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Canterbury?
The largest professional operator in Canterbury is Cottages.com, with 46 local listings.
How professionalised is the Canterbury short-term rental market?
24% of Canterbury's listings (307 of 1,266) 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: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 199 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Pass the Keys and Bloom Stays — account for 57% of that. The other 108 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Canterbury?
In Canterbury, Airbnb leads with 780 listings (62%), versus 486 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Canterbury?
17 named professional operators run listings in Canterbury. 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 1,266 public short-term rental listings in Canterbury, 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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