Short-term rentals in Colwyn Bay
Colwyn Bay is the 441st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 407 listings, 59% on Airbnb. 44% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (75 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 407
- Market rank
- #441 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Colwyn Bay
In Colwyn Bay, Airbnb leads with 240 listings (59%), versus 167 on Booking.com (41%).
Where the listings are in Colwyn Bay
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 Colwyn Bay
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 140 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 83% of that. The other 41 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 44%
- Median market
- 39%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 55% of Colwyn Bay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (29%).
Largest operators in Colwyn Bay
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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 75 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 25 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 16 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | Finest Retreats | 6 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 6 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 6 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 7 | North Wales Holiday Cottages | 3 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 924 |
| 8 | Birch Stays Ltd | 2 | 4.90 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 1,440 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Colwyn Bay among their markets. See the full interactive Colwyn Bay market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Colwyn Bay compares
Colwyn Bay ranks 441st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Haworth 410 listings
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Peebles 409 listings
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Bishop Auckland 408 listings
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Redcar 407 listings
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Isle of Wight 406 listings
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Wooler 405 listings
Photo credits
- Haworth: Photo: Main Street, Haworth, West Yorkshire by Original uploader was SpaceMonkey at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peebles: Photo: High Street, Peebles - geograph.org.uk - 1206349 by Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bishop Auckland: Photo: Bishop Auckland Town Hall by Pit-yacker · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Redcar: Photo: High Street (centre) in Redcar - geograph.org.uk - 797951 by George Robinson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Isle of Wight: Photo: IsleOfWightFromTheISS by NASA/Chris Hadfield · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wooler: Photo: Wooler Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 240656 by Richard Slessor · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Colwyn Bay market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Colwyn Bay?
Colwyn Bay has 407 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 240 on Airbnb and 167 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Colwyn Bay?
The largest professional operator in Colwyn Bay is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 75 local listings.
How professionalised is the Colwyn Bay short-term rental market?
44% of Colwyn Bay's listings (181 of 407) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 140 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 83% 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 Colwyn Bay?
In Colwyn Bay, Airbnb leads with 240 listings (59%), versus 167 on Booking.com (41%).
How many professional operators run listings in Colwyn Bay?
8 named professional operators run listings in Colwyn Bay. 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 407 public short-term rental listings in Colwyn Bay, 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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