Short-term rentals in Deal
Deal is the 167th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 774 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 40% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 39%, led by Keepers Cottages (176 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 774
- Market rank
- #167 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Deal
In Deal, Airbnb leads with 466 listings (60%), versus 308 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Deal
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 Deal
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 30% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 243 local listings between them, and the three largest — Keepers Cottages, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 88% of that. The other 69 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 40%
- Median market
- 39%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 78% of Deal's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (13%).
Largest operators in Deal
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 | Keepers Cottages | 176 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 3,582 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 20 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 17 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 13 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 12 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 6 | Host & Stay | 2 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 7 | The Holiday Cottage Collection | 2 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 1,064 |
| 8 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 1 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Deal among their markets. See the full interactive Deal market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Deal compares
Deal ranks 167th 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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Dundee 777 listings
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Lytham St Annes 775 listings
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Chelmsford 774 listings
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Yeovil 772 listings
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Abergavenny 768 listings
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Cardigan 768 listings
Photo credits
- Dundee: Photo: Dundee Picture Collage (new) by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lytham St Annes: Photo: Lytham windmill by Thecamperman at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chelmsford: Photo: Shirehall by Stuart166axe at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Yeovil: Photo: Market Street, Yeovil - geograph.org.uk - 928364 by Sarah Smith · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Abergavenny: Photo: Abergavenny panorama by Cornishstrongbitter at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cardigan: Photo: Afon Teifi ger Aberteifi o'r awyr - the river teifi near Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales from the air 05 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Deal market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Deal?
Deal has 774 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 466 on Airbnb and 308 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Deal?
The largest professional operator in Deal is Keepers Cottages, with 176 local listings.
How professionalised is the Deal short-term rental market?
40% of Deal's listings (312 of 774) 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 30% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 243 local listings between them, and the three largest — Keepers Cottages, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 88% of that. The other 69 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Deal?
In Deal, Airbnb leads with 466 listings (60%), versus 308 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Deal?
8 named professional operators run listings in Deal. 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 774 public short-term rental listings in Deal, 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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