Short-term rentals in Carmarthen
Carmarthen has 737 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 444 on Airbnb and 293 on Booking.com. That ranks it 179th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (94 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 737
- Market rank
- #179 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Carmarthen
In Carmarthen, Airbnb leads with 444 listings (60%), versus 293 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Carmarthen
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 Carmarthen
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 61% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 318 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Hunting Tower Lodges — account for 64% of that. The other 41 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 49%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
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 70% of Carmarthen's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (10%).
Largest operators in Carmarthen
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 | 94 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 55 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | Hunting Tower Lodges | 54 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 3,174 |
| 4 | Great Welsh Escapes | 53 | 4.83 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,607 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 27 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 6 | West Wales Holiday Cottages | 15 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 4,661 |
| 7 | Travelnest Ltd | 13 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 8 | Your.Rentals | 3 | 4.59 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 14,423 |
| 9 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 10 | The Cricketers Inn | 1 | 5.00 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 98,785 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Carmarthen among their markets. See the full interactive Carmarthen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Carmarthen compares
Carmarthen ranks 179th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Perranporth 746 listings
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Newry 744 listings
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Chipping Campden 743 listings
- Kings Lynn 737 listings
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Ross on Wye 737 listings
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Saint Osyth 736 listings
Photo credits
- Perranporth: Photo: Droskyn Point - geograph.org.uk - 23562 by Joe Pritchard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newry: Photo: Newry Townhall - geograph.org.uk - 1476695 by Eric Jones · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chipping Campden: Photo: Chipping CampdenHighSt by Stephen McKay · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ross on Wye: Photo: Ross-on-Wye2 by Carlwev at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Osyth: Photo: St osyth sign by Terryjoyce · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Carmarthen market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Carmarthen?
Carmarthen has 737 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 444 on Airbnb and 293 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Carmarthen?
The largest professional operator in Carmarthen is Cottages.com, with 94 local listings.
How professionalised is the Carmarthen short-term rental market?
49% of Carmarthen's listings (359 of 737) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 61% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 41% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 318 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Hunting Tower Lodges — account for 64% of that. The other 41 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Carmarthen?
In Carmarthen, Airbnb leads with 444 listings (60%), versus 293 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Carmarthen?
11 named professional operators run listings in Carmarthen. 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 737 public short-term rental listings in Carmarthen, 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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