Short-term rentals in Ipswich
Ipswich has 1,051 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 706 on Airbnb and 345 on Booking.com. That ranks it 77th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 67% of its listings on Airbnb. 33% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Toothbrush Apartments (43 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,051
- Market rank
- #77 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 32
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ipswich
In Ipswich, Airbnb leads with 706 listings (67%), 2× the 345 on Booking.com (33%).
Where the listings are in Ipswich
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 Ipswich
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 32 named professional operators run 308 local listings between them, and the three largest — Toothbrush Apartments, holidaycottages.co.uk and MDL Holidays — account for 36% of that. The other 44 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 33%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 25%
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 44% of Ipswich's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Ipswich
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toothbrush Apartments | 43 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 443 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 37 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 3 | MDL Holidays | 32 | 4.93 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 91 |
| 4 | Cottages.com | 31 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 5 | UK Haven Stays | 23 | 4.16 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 9,421 |
| 6 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 22 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 7 | Stay in Suffolk | 15 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 13,630 |
| 8 | Norfolk Hideaways | 11 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,836 |
| 9 | Catchpole Stays | 8 | 4.49 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 2,357 |
| 10 | Curious Retreats | 8 | 4.90 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 702 |
The other 22 professional operators in Ipswich
Local listings
- The Grove Cottages 8 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 7 listings
- Group Retreats 6 listings
- Idyllic Cottages 6 listings
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 6 listings
- Staycation Holidays 6 listings
- My Property Host 5 listings
- Host & Stay 4 listings
- The Suffolk Cottage Collection 4 listings
- DC Properties 3 listings
- Prohost Estates LTD 3 listings
- 2cHolidays LTD 2 listings
- ALSENED LTD 2 listings
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 2 listings
- Curated Property 2 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 2 listings
- My Favourite Cottages 2 listings
- Pass the Property 2 listings
- Staybridge Suites 2 listings
- Your.Rentals 2 listings
- Adagio Aparthotel 1 listing
- The Cricketers Inn 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Ipswich among their markets. See the full interactive Ipswich market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ipswich compares
Ipswich ranks 77th 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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Hayle 1,075 listings
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Derby 1,060 listings
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Bradford 1,052 listings
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Southport 1,051 listings
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Shrewsbury 1,045 listings
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Winchester 1,043 listings
Photo credits
- Hayle: Photo: 1646 - Hayle Estuary from the electric works by John Bennett · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Derby: Photo: Derby Montage by Marketing Derby · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bradford: Photo: Bradford City Town Hall by BradfordPal1 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Southport: Photo: Lord Street, Southport by Small-town hero · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Shrewsbury: Photo: The Square, Shrewsbury by Gnesener1900 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Winchester: Photo: View of Winchester, Hampshire, England by ITookSomePhotos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ipswich market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ipswich?
Ipswich has 1,051 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 706 on Airbnb and 345 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ipswich?
The largest professional operator in Ipswich is Toothbrush Apartments, with 43 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ipswich short-term rental market?
33% of Ipswich's listings (352 of 1,051) 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: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 32 named professional operators run 308 local listings between them, and the three largest — Toothbrush Apartments, holidaycottages.co.uk and MDL Holidays — account for 36% of that. The other 44 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ipswich?
In Ipswich, Airbnb leads with 706 listings (67%), 2× the 345 on Booking.com (33%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ipswich?
32 named professional operators run listings in Ipswich. 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 1,051 public short-term rental listings in Ipswich, 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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