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Short-term rentals in Exeter

Exeter has 1,373 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 950 on Airbnb and 423 on Booking.com. That ranks it 44th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 69% of its listings on Airbnb. 24% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (45 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,373
Market rank
#44 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
23

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Exeter

In Exeter, Airbnb leads with 950 listings (69%), 2.2× the 423 on Booking.com (31%).

Where the listings are in Exeter

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 1,373 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Exeter

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 23 named professional operators run 168 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 67% of that. The other 157 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
24%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
40%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 551
  • 2–5 listings 323
  • 6–25 listings 174
  • 26+ (professional) 325

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 46% of Exeter's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 627
  • Apartments & flats 312
  • Private & shared rooms 198
  • B&Bs & guest houses 119
  • Unique & outdoor 63
  • Hotels & hostels 52
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Exeter

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 Exeter, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 45 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 35 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 32 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays 7 4.69 / 5 8.6 / 10 1,380
5 Fresh Escapes 6 4.68 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,600
6 Pass the Property 6 4.59 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,643
7 ALSENED LTD 4 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
8 Finest Retreats 4 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
9 Staybridge Suites 4 4.45 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,026,578
10 Cornwall Hideaways 3 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,551

The other 13 professional operators in Exeter

Local listings

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

How Exeter compares

Exeter ranks 44th 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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Exeter market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Exeter?

Exeter has 1,373 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 950 on Airbnb and 423 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Exeter is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 45 local listings.

How professionalised is the Exeter short-term rental market?

24% of Exeter's listings (325 of 1,373) 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: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 16% on Airbnb. The 23 named professional operators run 168 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 67% of that. The other 157 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Exeter?

In Exeter, Airbnb leads with 950 listings (69%), 2.2× the 423 on Booking.com (31%).

How many professional operators run listings in Exeter?

23 named professional operators run listings in Exeter. 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 1,373 public short-term rental listings in Exeter, 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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