Short-term rentals in Dawlish
Dawlish is the 471st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 373 listings, 63% on Airbnb. 48% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (68 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 373
- Market rank
- #471 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dawlish
In Dawlish, Airbnb leads with 236 listings (63%), versus 137 on Booking.com (37%).
Where the listings are in Dawlish
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 Dawlish
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 44% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 135 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 44 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 48%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 54% of Dawlish's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Dawlish
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 | Cottages.com | 68 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 47 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 7 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Guesthoo | 4 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 16,142 |
| 5 | Hoseasons | 4 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
| 6 | Luxury Coastal | 3 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
| 7 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 8 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Dawlish among their markets. See the full interactive Dawlish market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Dawlish compares
Dawlish ranks 471st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- Bala 376 listings
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Freshwater 376 listings
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Holmfirth 375 listings
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Luton 371 listings
- Cupar 370 listings
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Ironbridge 369 listings
Photo credits
- Freshwater: Photo: FreshwaterBay by DPOrman · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Holmfirth: Photo: Meltham & Lower Holme Valley by Richard Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luton: Photo: Luton Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 944904 by Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ironbridge: Photo: Ironbridge002 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dawlish market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dawlish?
Dawlish has 373 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 236 on Airbnb and 137 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dawlish?
The largest professional operator in Dawlish is Cottages.com, with 68 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dawlish short-term rental market?
48% of Dawlish's listings (179 of 373) 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: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 44% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 135 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 44 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dawlish?
In Dawlish, Airbnb leads with 236 listings (63%), versus 137 on Booking.com (37%).
How many professional operators run listings in Dawlish?
8 named professional operators run listings in Dawlish. 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 373 public short-term rental listings in Dawlish, 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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