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Short-term rentals in Carlisle

Carlisle is the 60th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,257 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 36% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (114 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,257
Market rank
#60 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Carlisle

In Carlisle, Airbnb leads with 749 listings (60%), versus 508 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Carlisle

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 1,257 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Carlisle

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 28% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 398 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Cumbrian Cottage Holidays — account for 74% of that. The other 59 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
36%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
26%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 329
  • 2–5 listings 303
  • 6–25 listings 168
  • 26+ (professional) 457

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 61% of Carlisle's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (18%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 767
  • Apartments & flats 220
  • B&Bs & guest houses 91
  • Unique & outdoor 71
  • Private & shared rooms 65
  • Hotels & hostels 38
  • Other 5

Largest operators in Carlisle

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 Carlisle, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 114 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 Cottages.com 101 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
3 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 78 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 78,520
4 holidaycottages.co.uk 62 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
5 Travelnest Ltd 9 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
6 Host & Stay 6 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,134
7 Map Short Stays 6 4.84 / 5 8.0 / 10 463
8 Stay With Us MPB Ltd 5 4.51 / 5 7.3 / 10 2,536
9 North East Escapes 4 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,739
10 Pass the Keys 3 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567

The other 6 professional operators in Carlisle

Local listings

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

How Carlisle compares

Carlisle ranks 60th 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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Carlisle market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Carlisle?

Carlisle has 1,257 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 749 on Airbnb and 508 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Carlisle is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 114 local listings.

How professionalised is the Carlisle short-term rental market?

36% of Carlisle's listings (457 of 1,257) 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: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 28% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 398 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Cumbrian Cottage Holidays — account for 74% of that. The other 59 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Carlisle?

In Carlisle, Airbnb leads with 749 listings (60%), versus 508 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Carlisle?

16 named professional operators run listings in Carlisle. 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 1,257 public short-term rental listings in Carlisle, 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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