Short-term rentals in Crawley
Crawley is the 566th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 237 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 12% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (6 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 237
- Market rank
- #566 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Crawley
In Crawley, Airbnb leads with 147 listings (62%), versus 90 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Crawley
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 Crawley
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 26% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 14 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 71% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 12%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 35%
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
Private & shared rooms make up 24% of Crawley's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (24%).
Largest operators in Crawley
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 2 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 4 | Adagio Aparthotel | 1 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 790,934 |
| 5 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 1 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 6 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 7 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 1 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Crawley among their markets. See the full interactive Crawley market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Crawley compares
Crawley ranks 566th 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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Flamborough 247 listings
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Pembrokeshire 246 listings
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Crail 237 listings
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Tywyn 237 listings
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Newlyn 236 listings
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Llangefni 235 listings
Photo credits
- Flamborough: Photo: Flamborough IMG 1317 - panoramio by Paul Lakin · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pembrokeshire: Photo: St Davids village and Cathedral South Wales by Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Crail: Photo: Crail, Fife, Scotland by Kim Traynor · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tywyn: Photo: Tywyn, Gwynedd - Eglwys Sant Cadfan (St Cadfan's Church), Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales 09 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newlyn: Photo: Newlyn Harbour by Marktee1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Llangefni: Photo: Clock tower, Llangefni - geograph.org.uk - 863791 by Robin Drayton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Crawley market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Crawley?
Crawley has 237 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 147 on Airbnb and 90 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Crawley?
The largest professional operator in Crawley is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Crawley short-term rental market?
12% of Crawley's listings (29 of 237) 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: 26% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 4% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 14 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 71% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Crawley?
In Crawley, Airbnb leads with 147 listings (62%), versus 90 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Crawley?
7 named professional operators run listings in Crawley. 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 237 public short-term rental listings in Crawley, 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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