Short-term rentals in Ely
Ely has 383 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 250 on Airbnb and 133 on Booking.com. That ranks it 463rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 65% of its listings on Airbnb. 23% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (31 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 383
- Market rank
- #463 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ely
In Ely, Airbnb leads with 250 listings (65%), versus 133 on Booking.com (35%).
Where the listings are in Ely
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 Ely
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 77 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 23%
- Median market
- 41%
- 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 53% of Ely's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Ely
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 | 31 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 21 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 17 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 4 | 365 Short Lets | 2 | 4.53 / 5 | 4.0 / 10 | 161 |
| 5 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 2 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 77,518 |
| 6 | HelloGuest Limited | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 8,648 |
| 7 | Noki Stays | 1 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 2,076 |
| 8 | Urban Stay Ltd. | 1 | 4.39 / 5 | 5.6 / 10 | 543 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ely among their markets. See the full interactive Ely market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ely compares
Ely ranks 463rd 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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Dover 388 listings
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Camelford 387 listings
- Portland 387 listings
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Redruth 382 listings
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Castle Donington 380 listings
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Romford 380 listings
Photo credits
- Dover: Photo: Dover from air by User:Mtcv · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
- Redruth: Photo: Redruth by Joowwww · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Castle Donington: Photo: St Edward King & Martyr, Castle Donington by Russ Hamer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Romford: Photo: Havering town hall london by MRSC at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ely market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ely?
Ely has 383 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 250 on Airbnb and 133 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ely?
The largest professional operator in Ely is Cottages.com, with 31 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ely short-term rental market?
23% of Ely's listings (88 of 383) 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 18% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 77 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 11 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ely?
In Ely, Airbnb leads with 250 listings (65%), versus 133 on Booking.com (35%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ely?
8 named professional operators run listings in Ely. 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 383 public short-term rental listings in Ely, 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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