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Short-term rentals in Chatham

Chatham has 1,099 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 679 on Airbnb and 420 on Booking.com. That ranks it 71st of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 15% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Bellaco properties (46 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,099
Market rank
#71 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
15

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Chatham

In Chatham, Airbnb leads with 679 listings (62%), versus 420 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Chatham

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 1,099 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Chatham

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 14% of Airbnb listings and 16% of Booking.com listings. The 15 named professional operators run 121 local listings between them, and the three largest — Bellaco properties, Travelnest Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 72% of that. The other 41 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
15%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
32%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 352
  • 2–5 listings 348
  • 6–25 listings 237
  • 26+ (professional) 162

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 32% of Chatham's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (32%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 352
  • Apartments & flats 347
  • Private & shared rooms 306
  • B&Bs & guest houses 61
  • Unique & outdoor 17
  • Hotels & hostels 16

Largest operators in Chatham

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 Chatham, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Bellaco properties 46 4.69 / 5 7.3 / 10 165
2 Travelnest Ltd 22 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
3 Cottages.com 19 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Perfect Booking 8 4.70 / 5 8.3 / 10 312
5 360 Stays 5 4.19 / 5 7.1 / 10 913
6 Skyvillion Apartments 5 4.41 / 5 8.0 / 10 560
7 Sykes Holiday Cottages 3 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
8 Bellaire Stays 2 4.04 / 5 7.1 / 10 317
9 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648
10 Kent Stays 2 4.41 / 5 3.5 / 10 46

The other 5 professional operators in Chatham

Local listings

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

How Chatham compares

Chatham ranks 71st 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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Chatham market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Chatham?

Chatham has 1,099 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 679 on Airbnb and 420 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Chatham is Bellaco properties, with 46 local listings.

How professionalised is the Chatham short-term rental market?

15% of Chatham's listings (162 of 1,099) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 14% of Airbnb listings and 16% of Booking.com listings. The 15 named professional operators run 121 local listings between them, and the three largest — Bellaco properties, Travelnest Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 72% 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 Chatham?

In Chatham, Airbnb leads with 679 listings (62%), versus 420 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Chatham?

15 named professional operators run listings in Chatham. 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 1,099 public short-term rental listings in Chatham, 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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