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Short-term rentals in Lincoln

Lincoln has 1,363 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 804 on Airbnb and 559 on Booking.com. That ranks it 46th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 33% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (120 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,363
Market rank
#46 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
26

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Lincoln

In Lincoln, Airbnb leads with 804 listings (59%), versus 559 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Lincoln

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 1,363 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Lincoln

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 26 named professional operators run 373 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 62% of that. The other 70 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
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 380
  • 2–5 listings 336
  • 6–25 listings 204
  • 26+ (professional) 443

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 60% of Lincoln's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (18%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 819
  • Apartments & flats 248
  • B&Bs & guest houses 100
  • Private & shared rooms 92
  • Unique & outdoor 71
  • Hotels & hostels 33

Largest operators in Lincoln

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 Lincoln, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 120 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 78 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 32 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Pass the Keys 30 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
5 Renzo Property 19 4.69 / 5 8.0 / 10 522
6 Travelnest Ltd 19 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 15 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199
8 Boutique Stays 12 4.81 / 5 9.0 / 10 739
9 Murray Stays 7 4.70 / 5 8.7 / 10 820
10 stayful.co.uk 6 4.69 / 5 7.8 / 10 1,704

The other 16 professional operators in Lincoln

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

How Lincoln compares

Lincoln ranks 46th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Lincoln market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Lincoln?

Lincoln has 1,363 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 804 on Airbnb and 559 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Lincoln is Cottages.com, with 120 local listings.

How professionalised is the Lincoln short-term rental market?

33% of Lincoln's listings (443 of 1,363) 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: 41% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 26 named professional operators run 373 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 62% of that. The other 70 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Lincoln?

In Lincoln, Airbnb leads with 804 listings (59%), versus 559 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Lincoln?

26 named professional operators run listings in Lincoln. 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 1,363 public short-term rental listings in Lincoln, 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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