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Short-term rentals in Falmouth

Falmouth is the 49th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,354 listings, 70% on Airbnb. 31% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (167 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,354
Market rank
#49 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
15

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Falmouth

In Falmouth, Airbnb leads with 952 listings (70%), 2.4× the 402 on Booking.com (30%).

Where the listings are in Falmouth

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 1,354 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Falmouth

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 357 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cornish Holiday Cottage and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
31%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
31%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 422
  • 2–5 listings 295
  • 6–25 listings 212
  • 26+ (professional) 425

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 54% of Falmouth's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (30%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 728
  • Apartments & flats 401
  • B&Bs & guest houses 102
  • Private & shared rooms 61
  • Hotels & hostels 31
  • Unique & outdoor 31

Largest operators in Falmouth

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 Falmouth, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 167 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 Cornish Holiday Cottage 46 4.83 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,723
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 41 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
4 Cottages.com 40 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
5 Toad Hall Cottages 13 4.76 / 5 9.6 / 10 861
6 Guesthoo 12 4.82 / 5 8.7 / 10 16,142
7 Forever Cornwall 11 4.90 / 5 — 287
8 Finest Retreats 7 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960
9 Beach Retreats 6 4.83 / 5 9.0 / 10 460
10 Luxury Coastal 4 4.78 / 5 8.9 / 10 8,877

The other 5 professional operators in Falmouth

Local listings

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

How Falmouth compares

Falmouth ranks 49th 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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Falmouth market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Falmouth?

Falmouth has 1,354 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 952 on Airbnb and 402 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Falmouth is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 167 local listings.

How professionalised is the Falmouth short-term rental market?

31% of Falmouth's listings (425 of 1,354) 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: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 357 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cornish Holiday Cottage and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 68 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Falmouth?

In Falmouth, Airbnb leads with 952 listings (70%), 2.4× the 402 on Booking.com (30%).

How many professional operators run listings in Falmouth?

15 named professional operators run listings in Falmouth. 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 1,354 public short-term rental listings in Falmouth, 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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