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Short-term rentals in Inverness

Inverness has 2,821 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,631 on Airbnb and 1,190 on Booking.com. That ranks it 17th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 58% of its listings on Airbnb. 25% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (163 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,821
Market rank
#17 / 597
National share
0.5%
Named professional operators
21

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Inverness

In Inverness, Airbnb leads with 1,631 listings (58%), versus 1,190 on Booking.com (42%).

Where the listings are in Inverness

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 2,821 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Inverness

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 21% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 637 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, mystayinn LIMITED and Ness Holiday Homes — account for 63% of that. The other 58 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
25%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
32%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 914
  • 2–5 listings 830
  • 6–25 listings 382
  • 26+ (professional) 695

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 39% of Inverness' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (37%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,107
  • Apartments & flats 1,041
  • B&Bs & guest houses 329
  • Private & shared rooms 197
  • Hotels & hostels 72
  • Unique & outdoor 71
  • Other 4

Largest operators in Inverness

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 Inverness, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 163 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 mystayinn LIMITED 146 4.48 / 5 7.5 / 10 7,309
3 Ness Holiday Homes 93 4.97 / 5 9.6 / 10 4,692
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 87 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Travelnest Ltd 40 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
6 Interhome 39 4.70 / 5 8.5 / 10 4,430
7 holidaycottages.co.uk 28 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
8 Caledonia Luxe Stays 11 4.26 / 5 6.9 / 10 2,693
9 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 7 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
10 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 6 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518

The other 11 professional operators in Inverness

Local listings

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

How Inverness compares

Inverness ranks 17th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Inverness market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Inverness?

Inverness has 2,821 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,631 on Airbnb and 1,190 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Inverness is Cottages.com, with 163 local listings.

How professionalised is the Inverness short-term rental market?

25% of Inverness' listings (695 of 2,821) 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: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 21% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 637 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, mystayinn LIMITED and Ness Holiday Homes — account for 63% of that. The other 58 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Inverness?

In Inverness, Airbnb leads with 1,631 listings (58%), versus 1,190 on Booking.com (42%).

How many professional operators run listings in Inverness?

21 named professional operators run listings in Inverness. 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 2,821 public short-term rental listings in Inverness, 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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