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Short-term rentals in Cardiff

Cardiff has 3,939 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 2,513 on Airbnb and 1,426 on Booking.com. That ranks it 11th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 27% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Host My Homes (91 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
3,939
Market rank
#11 / 597
National share
0.6%
Named professional operators
40

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cardiff

In Cardiff, Airbnb leads with 2,513 listings (64%), versus 1,426 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 23% on Airbnb. The 40 named professional operators run 699 local listings between them, and the three largest — Host My Homes, InspoHome Stay and Trusted Home Managements LTD — account for 35% of that. The other 353 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
27%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 1,122
  • 2–5 listings 882
  • 6–25 listings 883
  • 26+ (professional) 1,052

Listings by property type

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

  • Apartments & flats 2,046
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,011
  • Private & shared rooms 571
  • 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 91 4.72 / 5 8.3 / 10 3,923
2 InspoHome Stay 78 4.37 / 5 7.7 / 10 393
3 Trusted Home Managements LTD 73 4.53 / 5 7.0 / 10 413
4 Property Promise 62 4.32 / 5 6.7 / 10 3,027
5 Starlight Stays 61 4.72 / 5 8.1 / 10 854
6 JRY Property Group 55 4.62 / 5 8.0 / 10 209
7 Switchback Stays 43 4.79 / 5 8.5 / 10 1,443
8 Pass the Keys 41 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
9 ALSENED LTD 35 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
10 holidaycottages.co.uk 26 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888

The other 30 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 November 2026: 2,513 on Airbnb and 1,426 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Cardiff is Host My Homes, with 91 local listings.

How professionalised is the Cardiff short-term rental market?

27% of Cardiff's listings (1,052 of 3,939) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 40 named professional operators run 699 local listings between them, and the three largest — Host My Homes, InspoHome Stay and Trusted Home Managements LTD — account for 35% of that. The other 353 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 2,513 listings (64%), versus 1,426 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Cardiff?

40 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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