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Short-term rentals in Leek

Leek has 545 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 344 on Airbnb and 201 on Booking.com. That ranks it 311th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 40% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (106 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
545
Market rank
#311 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
9

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Leek

In Leek, Airbnb leads with 344 listings (63%), versus 201 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Leek

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 545 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Leek

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 55% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 202 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 14 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
40%
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.

  • Single listing 138
  • 2–5 listings 126
  • 6–25 listings 65
  • 26+ (professional) 216

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 68% of Leek's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (10%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 371
  • Unique & outdoor 56
  • Apartments & flats 48
  • B&Bs & guest houses 43
  • Private & shared rooms 23
  • Hotels & hostels 4

Largest operators in Leek

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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Leek, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 106 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 44 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 26 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 The Travel Fox 15 4.61 / 5 8.1 / 10 5,170
5 Travelnest Ltd 6 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
6 53 Degrees Property 2 4.67 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,232
7 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 1 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
8 Finest Retreats 1 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
9 Host & Stay 1 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959

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

How Leek compares

Leek ranks 311th 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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Leek market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Leek?

Leek has 545 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 344 on Airbnb and 201 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Leek is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 106 local listings.

How professionalised is the Leek short-term rental market?

40% of Leek's listings (216 of 545) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 55% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 31% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 202 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 87% of that. The other 14 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Leek?

In Leek, Airbnb leads with 344 listings (63%), versus 201 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Leek?

9 named professional operators run listings in Leek. 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 545 public short-term rental listings in Leek, 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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