Short-term rentals in Cowes
Cowes is the 118th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 910 listings, 68% on Airbnb. 37% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (88 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 910
- Market rank
- #118 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 16
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cowes
In Cowes, Airbnb leads with 620 listings (68%), 2.1× the 290 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Cowes
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 Cowes
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 234 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 67% of that. The other 106 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 37%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 36%
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 61% of Cowes' classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (12%).
Largest operators in Cowes
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 | 88 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 39 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 29 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Island Holiday Homes, Isle of Wight | 18 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 1,274 |
| 5 | The Island Holiday Company Ltd | 17 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,697 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 10 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 6 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 8 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 5 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
| 9 | Isle of Wight Vacations | 5 | 4.60 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 711 |
| 10 | 2cHolidays LTD | 4 | 4.43 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 12,325 |
The other 6 professional operators in Cowes
Local listings
- Luxury Cottages 3 listings
- Perfect Booking 3 listings
- Your.Rentals 3 listings
- Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 2 listings
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- Staybridge Suites 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Cowes among their markets. See the full interactive Cowes market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cowes compares
Cowes ranks 118th 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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Worthing 922 listings
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Camber 921 listings
- Selby 919 listings
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Cromer 909 listings
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Salisbury 899 listings
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Lewes 897 listings
Photo credits
- Worthing: Photo: Worthing sea front from the pier - geograph.org.uk - 413383 by Katharine Oakeshott · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Camber: Photo: Camber, East Sussex, and Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm by My another account ( talk ) · CC0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cromer: Photo: Hotel De Paris by Northmetpit · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Salisbury: Photo: Salisbury Cathedral by Andrew Dunn (Website: ) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lewes: Photo: Harveys Brewery (Lewes) by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cowes market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cowes?
Cowes has 910 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 620 on Airbnb and 290 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cowes?
The largest professional operator in Cowes is Cottages.com, with 88 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cowes short-term rental market?
37% of Cowes' listings (340 of 910) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 234 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 67% of that. The other 106 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cowes?
In Cowes, Airbnb leads with 620 listings (68%), 2.1× the 290 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cowes?
16 named professional operators run listings in Cowes. 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 910 public short-term rental listings in Cowes, 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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