Short-term rentals in Dover
Dover is the 461st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 387 listings, 59% on Airbnb. 18% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (14 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 387
- Market rank
- #461 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dover
In Dover, Airbnb leads with 229 listings (59%), versus 158 on Booking.com (41%).
Where the listings are in Dover
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 Dover
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 27% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 54 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Keepers Cottages — account for 67% of that. The other 16 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 18%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 38%
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 39% of Dover's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Dover
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 | 14 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 12 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Keepers Cottages | 10 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 3,582 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 6 | Bloom Stays | 2 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,218 |
| 7 | HelloGuest Limited | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,597 |
| 8 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 9 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 10 | The Holiday Cottage Collection | 1 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 1,064 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Dover among their markets. See the full interactive Dover market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Dover compares
Dover ranks 461st 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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Pwllheli 391 listings
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South Shields 388 listings
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Camelford 387 listings
- Portland 387 listings
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Ely 383 listings
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Redruth 382 listings
Photo credits
- Pwllheli: Photo: Pwllheli'n dathlu ei Chymreictod - Pwllheli celebrates its Welshness - geograph.org.uk - 498624 by Alan Fryer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- South Shields: Photo: Phare Jetée Sud Tyne South Shields South Tyneside 3 by Chabe01 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Camelford: Photo: Camelford - geograph.org.uk - 79632 by Chris Heaton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ely: Photo: Ely-071 by Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Redruth: Photo: Redruth by Joowwww · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dover market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dover?
Dover has 387 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 229 on Airbnb and 158 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dover?
The largest professional operator in Dover is Cottages.com, with 14 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dover short-term rental market?
18% of Dover's listings (70 of 387) 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: 27% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 12% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 54 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Keepers Cottages — account for 67% of that. The other 16 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dover?
In Dover, Airbnb leads with 229 listings (59%), versus 158 on Booking.com (41%).
How many professional operators run listings in Dover?
10 named professional operators run listings in Dover. 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 387 public short-term rental listings in Dover, 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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