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Short-term rentals in Kirkby Stephen

Kirkby Stephen is the 239th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 640 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 56% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (96 listings).

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Tracked listings
640
Market rank
#239 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
11

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kirkby Stephen

In Kirkby Stephen, Airbnb leads with 419 listings (65%), versus 221 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Kirkby Stephen

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 640 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Kirkby Stephen

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 268 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 93 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
56%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
22%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 140
  • 2–5 listings 127
  • 6–25 listings 12
  • 26+ (professional) 361

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 78% of Kirkby Stephen's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (8%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 496
  • Unique & outdoor 52
  • Apartments & flats 33
  • B&Bs & guest houses 31
  • Hotels & hostels 14
  • Private & shared rooms 13
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Kirkby Stephen

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 Kirkby Stephen, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 96 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 Cottages.com 90 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 54 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
4 HerdwickCottages.co.uk 9 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 2,993
5 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 6 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,189
6 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 5 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 78,520
7 Luxury Cottages 2 4.89 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,454
8 Norfolk Hideaways 2 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,767
9 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 2 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 1,962
10 Hoseasons 1 4.66 / 5 8.6 / 10 11,713

The other 1 professional operator in Kirkby Stephen

Local listings

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

How Kirkby Stephen compares

Kirkby Stephen ranks 239th 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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Kirkby Stephen market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Kirkby Stephen?

Kirkby Stephen has 640 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 419 on Airbnb and 221 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kirkby Stephen?

The largest professional operator in Kirkby Stephen is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 96 local listings.

How professionalised is the Kirkby Stephen short-term rental market?

56% of Kirkby Stephen's listings (361 of 640) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 268 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 90% of that. The other 93 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kirkby Stephen?

In Kirkby Stephen, Airbnb leads with 419 listings (65%), versus 221 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Kirkby Stephen?

11 named professional operators run listings in Kirkby Stephen. 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 640 public short-term rental listings in Kirkby Stephen, 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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