Short-term rentals in Holmfirth
Holmfirth is the 470th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 375 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 35% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (54 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 375
- Market rank
- #470 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Holmfirth
In Holmfirth, Airbnb leads with 232 listings (62%), versus 143 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Holmfirth
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 Holmfirth
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 52% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 107 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 95% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 35%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 36%
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 69% of Holmfirth's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (14%).
Largest operators in Holmfirth
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 | 54 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 26 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 22 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Host & Stay | 3 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 5 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
| 6 | Ingrid Flute'S Yorks Hol Cottages | 1 | 4.60 / 5 | — | 428 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Holmfirth among their markets. See the full interactive Holmfirth market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Holmfirth compares
Holmfirth ranks 470th 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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Spean Bridge 377 listings
- Bala 376 listings
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Freshwater 376 listings
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Dawlish 373 listings
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Luton 371 listings
- Cupar 370 listings
Photo credits
- Spean Bridge: Photo: Spean Bridge railway station 1 by peter henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Freshwater: Photo: FreshwaterBay by DPOrman · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dawlish: Photo: Dawlish View by Farzeymedic · CC BY 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Luton: Photo: Luton Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 944904 by Thomas Nugent · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Holmfirth market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Holmfirth?
Holmfirth has 375 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 232 on Airbnb and 143 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Holmfirth?
The largest professional operator in Holmfirth is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 54 local listings.
How professionalised is the Holmfirth short-term rental market?
35% of Holmfirth's listings (130 of 375) 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: 52% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 107 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 95% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Holmfirth?
In Holmfirth, Airbnb leads with 232 listings (62%), versus 143 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Holmfirth?
6 named professional operators run listings in Holmfirth. 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 375 public short-term rental listings in Holmfirth, 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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