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Short-term rentals in Maidstone

Maidstone has 1,108 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 703 on Airbnb and 405 on Booking.com. That ranks it 67th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (66 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,108
Market rank
#67 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
24

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Maidstone

In Maidstone, Airbnb leads with 703 listings (63%), versus 405 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Maidstone

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 1,108 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Maidstone

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 251 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Travelnest Ltd — account for 56% of that. The other 67 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
29%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
30%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 329
  • 2–5 listings 292
  • 6–25 listings 169
  • 26+ (professional) 318

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 44% of Maidstone's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 483
  • Apartments & flats 259
  • Unique & outdoor 116
  • B&Bs & guest houses 96
  • Private & shared rooms 96
  • Hotels & hostels 57
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Maidstone

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 Maidstone, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 66 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 41 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Travelnest Ltd 34 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 25 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Bellaco properties 20 4.69 / 5 7.3 / 10 165
6 Pass the Property 9 4.59 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,643
7 The Holiday Cottage Collection 9 4.74 / 5 8.7 / 10 1,076
8 Keepers Cottages 8 4.82 / 5 8.9 / 10 3,824
9 M3 Property Services Ltd 8 4.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 167
10 Bloom Stays 6 4.87 / 5 9.0 / 10 3,516

The other 14 professional operators in Maidstone

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

How Maidstone compares

Maidstone ranks 67th 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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Maidstone market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Maidstone?

Maidstone has 1,108 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 703 on Airbnb and 405 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Maidstone is Cottages.com, with 66 local listings.

How professionalised is the Maidstone short-term rental market?

29% of Maidstone's listings (318 of 1,108) 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: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 24 named professional operators run 251 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Travelnest Ltd — account for 56% of that. The other 67 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Maidstone?

In Maidstone, Airbnb leads with 703 listings (63%), versus 405 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Maidstone?

24 named professional operators run listings in Maidstone. 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 1,108 public short-term rental listings in Maidstone, 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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