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Short-term rentals in Leicester

Leicester has 2,180 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,305 on Airbnb and 875 on Booking.com. That ranks it 23rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 27% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Property Malak Ltd (56 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,180
Market rank
#23 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
35

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Leicester

In Leicester, Airbnb leads with 1,305 listings (60%), versus 875 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Leicester

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 2,180 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Leicester

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 25% on Airbnb. The 35 named professional operators run 415 local listings between them, and the three largest — Property Malak Ltd, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 34% of that. The other 182 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
27%
Median market
41%
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 469
  • 2–5 listings 585
  • 6–25 listings 529
  • 26+ (professional) 597

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 44% of Leicester's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (29%).

  • Apartments & flats 959
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 632
  • Private & shared rooms 336
  • Hotels & hostels 125
  • B&Bs & guest houses 90
  • Unique & outdoor 37
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Leicester

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 Leicester, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Property Malak Ltd 56 3.13 / 5 6.2 / 10 85
2 Cottages.com 44 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Travelnest Ltd 41 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
4 sanctuaryservicedaccommodation.co.uk 40 4.74 / 5 8.6 / 10 2,302
5 SP Short Stays ltd 36 4.08 / 5 7.7 / 10 169
6 SAV Stays Apartments 32 4.19 / 5 7.3 / 10 1,628
7 Cadbury Homes SA 29 4.58 / 5 7.3 / 10 1,755
8 ALSENED LTD 22 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
9 LH7 Stays Ltd 11 4.92 / 5 7.9 / 10 225
10 Nice Living Investments LTD. (Nice Living Serviced Accommodations) 11 4.13 / 5 5.9 / 10 1,541

The other 25 professional operators in Leicester

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

How Leicester compares

Leicester ranks 23rd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Leicester market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Leicester?

Leicester has 2,180 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,305 on Airbnb and 875 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Leicester is Property Malak Ltd, with 56 local listings.

How professionalised is the Leicester short-term rental market?

27% of Leicester's listings (597 of 2,180) 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: 31% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 25% on Airbnb. The 35 named professional operators run 415 local listings between them, and the three largest — Property Malak Ltd, Cottages.com and Travelnest Ltd — account for 34% of that. The other 182 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Leicester?

In Leicester, Airbnb leads with 1,305 listings (60%), versus 875 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Leicester?

35 named professional operators run listings in Leicester. 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 2,180 public short-term rental listings in Leicester, 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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