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Short-term rentals in Cardiff

Cardiff is the 11th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 3,939 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Host My Homes (73 listings).

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Tracked listings
3,939
Market rank
#11 / 597
National share
0.6%
Named professional operators
27

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cardiff

In Cardiff, Airbnb leads with 2,514 listings (64%), versus 1,425 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Cardiff

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 3,939 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Cardiff

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 349 local listings between them, and the three largest — Host My Homes, CoHost Partners and Pass the Keys — account for 49% of that. The other 449 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
20%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
30%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 1,189
  • 2–5 listings 996
  • 6–25 listings 956
  • 26+ (professional) 798

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 52% of Cardiff's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (26%).

  • Apartments & flats 2,044
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,011
  • Private & shared rooms 573
  • B&Bs & guest houses 179
  • Hotels & hostels 96
  • Unique & outdoor 31
  • Other 5

Largest operators in Cardiff

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 Cardiff, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Host My Homes 73 4.73 / 5 8.4 / 10 2,816
2 CoHost Partners 57 4.42 / 5 7.6 / 10 2,614
3 Pass the Keys 41 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
4 StayRight 33 4.05 / 5 6.9 / 10 618
5 ALSENED LTD 30 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
6 holidaycottages.co.uk 24 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
7 Travelnest Ltd 18 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
8 FabAccommodation 11 4.76 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,003
9 Nestify Vacation Home Rental 9 4.57 / 5 7.6 / 10 1,415
10 Cottages.com 8 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587

The other 17 professional operators in Cardiff

Local listings

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

How Cardiff compares

Cardiff ranks 11th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Cardiff market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Cardiff?

Cardiff has 3,939 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 2,514 on Airbnb and 1,425 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Cardiff is Host My Homes, with 73 local listings.

How professionalised is the Cardiff short-term rental market?

20% of Cardiff's listings (798 of 3,939) 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: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 349 local listings between them, and the three largest — Host My Homes, CoHost Partners and Pass the Keys — account for 49% of that. The other 449 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cardiff?

In Cardiff, Airbnb leads with 2,514 listings (64%), versus 1,425 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Cardiff?

27 named professional operators run listings in Cardiff. 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 3,939 public short-term rental listings in Cardiff, 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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