Short-term rentals in Kent
Kent has 443 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 270 on Airbnb and 173 on Booking.com. That ranks it 403rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 61% of its listings on Airbnb. 33% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by My Property Host (25 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 443
- Market rank
- #403 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kent
In Kent, Airbnb leads with 270 listings (61%), versus 173 on Booking.com (39%).
Where the listings are in Kent
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 Kent
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 108 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, Bellaire Stays and Cottages.com — account for 59% of that. The other 38 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
- 33%
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 Kent's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (26%).
Largest operators in Kent
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 | My Property Host | 25 | 4.28 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,849 |
| 2 | Bellaire Stays | 21 | 4.04 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 317 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 18 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 4 | Bloom Stays | 15 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 3,516 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 8 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 6 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 5 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 7 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 8 | HelloGuest Limited | 4 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 8,648 |
| 9 | M3 Property Services Ltd | 3 | 4.38 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 167 |
| 10 | Keepers Cottages | 2 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 3,824 |
The other 2 professional operators in Kent
Local listings
- Staybridge Suites 1 listing
- Whitstable Seaside Limited 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Kent among their markets. See the full interactive Kent market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kent compares
Kent ranks 403rd 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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Basildon 443 listings
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Beadnell 443 listings
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Grimsby 443 listings
- Hornsea 440 listings
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Threlkeld 438 listings
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Aberfeldy 437 listings
Photo credits
- Basildon: Photo: Basildonplaza by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Beadnell: Photo: St Ebba Church, Beadnell (geograph 2150059) by Alexander P Kapp · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grimsby: Photo: Grimsby Dock Tower by David Wright (Uploaded by User:PeterJewell ) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Threlkeld: Photo: Towards Blease Gill - geograph.org.uk - 784017 by Ian Capper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberfeldy: Photo: Abberfeldy by Djupsjo · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kent market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kent?
Kent has 443 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 270 on Airbnb and 173 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kent?
The largest professional operator in Kent is My Property Host, with 25 local listings.
How professionalised is the Kent short-term rental market?
33% of Kent's listings (146 of 443) 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: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 108 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, Bellaire Stays and Cottages.com — account for 59% of that. The other 38 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kent?
In Kent, Airbnb leads with 270 listings (61%), versus 173 on Booking.com (39%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kent?
12 named professional operators run listings in Kent. 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 443 public short-term rental listings in Kent, 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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