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Short-term rentals in Derby

Derby has 1,060 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 655 on Airbnb and 405 on Booking.com. That ranks it 75th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 25% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (16 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,060
Market rank
#75 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
30

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Derby

In Derby, Airbnb leads with 655 listings (62%), versus 405 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Derby

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 1,060 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Derby

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 21% on Airbnb. The 30 named professional operators run 148 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, ALSENED LTD and Cottages.com — account for 31% of that. The other 121 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
25%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
23%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 243
  • 2–5 listings 291
  • 6–25 listings 257
  • 26+ (professional) 269

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 34% of Derby's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (32%).

  • Apartments & flats 361
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 339
  • Private & shared rooms 217
  • Hotels & hostels 65
  • B&Bs & guest houses 60
  • Unique & outdoor 18

Largest operators in Derby

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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Largest operators in Derby, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 16 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 ALSENED LTD 15 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
3 Cottages.com 15 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 My Property Host 14 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
5 Finest Retreats 12 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
6 Travelnest Ltd 12 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 Smart Corporate Stays Ltd 11 4.04 / 5 6.3 / 10 523
8 Rich Property Management 6 4.74 / 5 7.5 / 10 570
9 Catchpole Stays 5 4.49 / 5 7.7 / 10 2,357
10 Renzo Property 5 4.69 / 5 8.0 / 10 522

The other 20 professional operators in Derby

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Derby among their markets. See the full interactive Derby market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Derby compares

Derby ranks 75th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Derby market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Derby?

Derby has 1,060 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 655 on Airbnb and 405 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Derby?

The largest professional operator in Derby is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 16 local listings.

How professionalised is the Derby short-term rental market?

25% of Derby's listings (269 of 1,060) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 21% on Airbnb. The 30 named professional operators run 148 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, ALSENED LTD and Cottages.com — account for 31% of that. The other 121 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Derby?

In Derby, Airbnb leads with 655 listings (62%), versus 405 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Derby?

30 named professional operators run listings in Derby. 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 1,060 public short-term rental listings in Derby, 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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