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Short-term rentals in Gloucester

Gloucester is the 221st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 660 listings, 63% on Airbnb. 21% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (35 listings).

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Tracked listings
660
Market rank
#221 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Gloucester

In Gloucester, Airbnb leads with 416 listings (63%), versus 244 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Gloucester

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 660 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Gloucester

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 111 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Jason and Philip Serviced Accommodation — account for 73% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
21%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
27%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 181
  • 2–5 listings 181
  • 6–25 listings 160
  • 26+ (professional) 138

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 42% of Gloucester's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (37%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 277
  • Apartments & flats 246
  • Private & shared rooms 60
  • B&Bs & guest houses 36
  • Unique & outdoor 26
  • Hotels & hostels 15

Largest operators in Gloucester

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 Gloucester, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 35 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 33 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
3 Jason and Philip Serviced Accommodation 13 4.89 / 5 9.3 / 10 3,632
4 holidaycottages.co.uk 6 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
5 Guesthoo 5 4.82 / 5 8.7 / 10 16,142
6 ShortStayUK 4 4.22 / 5 6.5 / 10 2,697
7 STAE-Homes 4 4.58 / 5 8.2 / 10 2,576
8 ALSENED LTD 3 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
9 Prim Short Stays Ltd 2 4.39 / 5 7.0 / 10 2,787
10 Staybridge Suites 2 4.58 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,020,187

The other 3 professional operators in Gloucester

Local listings

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

How Gloucester compares

Gloucester ranks 221st of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Gloucester market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Gloucester?

Gloucester has 660 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 416 on Airbnb and 244 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Gloucester is Cottages.com, with 35 local listings.

How professionalised is the Gloucester short-term rental market?

21% of Gloucester's listings (138 of 660) 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: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 111 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Jason and Philip Serviced Accommodation — account for 73% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Gloucester?

In Gloucester, Airbnb leads with 416 listings (63%), versus 244 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Gloucester?

13 named professional operators run listings in Gloucester. 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 660 public short-term rental listings in Gloucester, 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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