Short-term rentals in Kettering
Kettering is the 190th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 724 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 14% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (27 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 724
- Market rank
- #190 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kettering
In Kettering, Airbnb leads with 439 listings (61%), versus 285 on Booking.com (39%).
Where the listings are in Kettering
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 Kettering
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 10% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 91 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Travelnest Ltd and Host & Stay — account for 57% of that. The other 7 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 14%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 37%
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 48% of Kettering's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (19%).
Largest operators in Kettering
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 | Cottages.com | 27 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Travelnest Ltd | 13 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 3 | Host & Stay | 12 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 4 | We Stay Ltd | 10 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 1,089 |
| 5 | ALSENED LTD | 9 | 3.45 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 152,134 |
| 6 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 8 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 7 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 3 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 8 | Staybridge Suites | 3 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 9 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 10 | The Travel Fox | 2 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 5,221 |
The other 2 professional operators in Kettering
Local listings
- HelloGuest Limited 1 listing
- Renzo Property 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Kettering among their markets. See the full interactive Kettering market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kettering compares
Kettering ranks 190th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Chipping Norton 729 listings
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Sidmouth 728 listings
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Stevenage 725 listings
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Basingstoke 723 listings
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Mablethorpe 721 listings
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Horley 720 listings
Photo credits
- Chipping Norton: Photo: Market Hall and the Co-op - geograph.org.uk - 236399 by David Stowell · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sidmouth: Photo: SidmouthBeach by Touriste · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stevenage: Photo: Stevenage Town Centre - geograph.org.uk - 29369 by Robin Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Basingstoke: Photo: Basingstoke station by Peter Jordan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mablethorpe: Photo: The post office, Mablethorpe - geograph.org.uk - 1186901 by Humphrey Bolton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Horley: Photo: St Ethelreda's Church Horley Oxfordshire - geograph.org.uk - 1771691 by Richard Rogerson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kettering market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kettering?
Kettering has 724 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 439 on Airbnb and 285 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kettering?
The largest professional operator in Kettering is Cottages.com, with 27 local listings.
How professionalised is the Kettering short-term rental market?
14% of Kettering's listings (98 of 724) 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: 19% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 10% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 91 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Travelnest Ltd and Host & Stay — account for 57% of that. The other 7 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kettering?
In Kettering, Airbnb leads with 439 listings (61%), versus 285 on Booking.com (39%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kettering?
12 named professional operators run listings in Kettering. 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 724 public short-term rental listings in Kettering, 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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