Short-term rentals in Hemel Hempstead
Hemel Hempstead is the 357th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 490 listings, 69% on Airbnb. 7% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (6 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 490
- Market rank
- #357 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Hemel Hempstead
In Hemel Hempstead, Airbnb leads with 337 listings (69%), 2.2× the 153 on Booking.com (31%).
Where the listings are in Hemel Hempstead
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 Hemel Hempstead
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 15% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 23 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 65% of that. The other 10 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 7%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 47%
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
Apartments & flats make up 45% of Hemel Hempstead's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (23%).
Largest operators in Hemel Hempstead
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 6 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Pass the Keys | 5 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 4 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 2 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Staybridge Suites | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 6 | Arlowe Baxter | 1 | 4.67 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 388 |
| 7 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
| 8 | HelloGuest Limited | 1 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,597 |
| 9 | Travelnest Ltd | 1 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Hemel Hempstead among their markets. See the full interactive Hemel Hempstead market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Hemel Hempstead compares
Hemel Hempstead ranks 357th 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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Belper 491 listings
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Combe Martin 491 listings
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Barmouth 490 listings
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Menai Bridge 490 listings
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Newmarket 489 listings
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Grantham 488 listings
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- Grantham: Photo: Grantham Town by David Johnson · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hemel Hempstead market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Hemel Hempstead?
Hemel Hempstead has 490 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 337 on Airbnb and 153 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Hemel Hempstead?
The largest professional operator in Hemel Hempstead is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 6 local listings.
How professionalised is the Hemel Hempstead short-term rental market?
7% of Hemel Hempstead's listings (33 of 490) 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: 15% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 23 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 65% of that. The other 10 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Hemel Hempstead?
In Hemel Hempstead, Airbnb leads with 337 listings (69%), 2.2× the 153 on Booking.com (31%).
How many professional operators run listings in Hemel Hempstead?
9 named professional operators run listings in Hemel Hempstead. 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 490 public short-term rental listings in Hemel Hempstead, 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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