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Short-term rentals in Lowestoft

Lowestoft has 342 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 214 on Airbnb and 128 on Booking.com. That ranks it 510th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 39% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 41%, led by 2cHolidays LTD (34 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
342
Market rank
#510 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
11

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Lowestoft

In Lowestoft, Airbnb leads with 214 listings (63%), versus 128 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Lowestoft

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 342 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Lowestoft

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 100 local listings between them, and the three largest — 2cHolidays LTD, K Suites and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 34 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
39%
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 86
  • 2–5 listings 69
  • 6–25 listings 53
  • 26+ (professional) 134

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 42% of Lowestoft's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (34%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 143
  • Apartments & flats 116
  • Unique & outdoor 37
  • B&Bs & guest houses 23
  • Private & shared rooms 15
  • Hotels & hostels 8

Largest operators in Lowestoft

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 Lowestoft, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 2cHolidays LTD 34 4.43 / 5 8.0 / 10 12,723
2 K Suites 25 4.25 / 5 7.4 / 10 638
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 12 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Eason Stays 9 4.36 / 5 6.8 / 10 646
5 Cottages.com 6 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
6 Sykes Holiday Cottages 5 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
7 Catchpole Stays 3 4.49 / 5 7.7 / 10 2,357
8 ALSENED LTD 2 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
9 Host & Stay 2 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959
10 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 4.82 / 5 8.0 / 10 302,031

The other 1 professional operator in Lowestoft

Local listings

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

How Lowestoft compares

Lowestoft ranks 510th 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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Lowestoft market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Lowestoft?

Lowestoft has 342 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 214 on Airbnb and 128 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Lowestoft is 2cHolidays LTD, with 34 local listings.

How professionalised is the Lowestoft short-term rental market?

39% of Lowestoft's listings (134 of 342) 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: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 100 local listings between them, and the three largest — 2cHolidays LTD, K Suites and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 71% of that. The other 34 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Lowestoft?

In Lowestoft, Airbnb leads with 214 listings (63%), versus 128 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Lowestoft?

11 named professional operators run listings in Lowestoft. 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 342 public short-term rental listings in Lowestoft, 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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