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Short-term rentals in Manchester

Manchester is the 2nd-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 11,516 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 21% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by My Property Host (172 listings).

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Photo: Manchester from the Sky, 2008 by Daniel Nisbet from Manchester, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tracked listings
11,516
Market rank
#2 / 597
National share
1.9%
Named professional operators
41

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Manchester

In Manchester, Airbnb leads with 7,091 listings (62%), versus 4,425 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Manchester

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 11,516 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Manchester

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 41 named professional operators run 1,251 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, City SuperHost and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 35% of that. The other 1,117 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
21%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
29%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 3,321
  • 2–5 listings 3,200
  • 6–25 listings 2,627
  • 26+ (professional) 2,368

Listings by property type

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

  • Apartments & flats 5,083
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 3,297
  • Private & shared rooms 2,201
  • B&Bs & guest houses 468
  • Hotels & hostels 382
  • Unique & outdoor 80
  • Other 5

Largest operators in Manchester

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 Manchester, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 My Property Host 172 4.29 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,689
2 City SuperHost 137 4.67 / 5 8.4 / 10 7,765
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 135 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
4 Travelnest Ltd 118 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
5 The Heim Residences 85 4.74 / 5 8.2 / 10 2,831
6 Cottages.com 75 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
7 Pass the Keys 71 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 62,567
8 Your.Rentals 50 4.62 / 5 7.4 / 10 11,822
9 Eason Stays 38 4.34 / 5 7.1 / 10 687
10 Valore Property Services 33 4.86 / 5 8.3 / 10 2,028

The other 31 professional operators in Manchester

Local listings

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

How Manchester compares

Manchester ranks 2nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 1.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Manchester market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Manchester?

Manchester has 11,516 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 7,091 on Airbnb and 4,425 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Manchester is My Property Host, with 172 local listings.

How professionalised is the Manchester short-term rental market?

21% of Manchester's listings (2,368 of 11,516) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 41 named professional operators run 1,251 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, City SuperHost and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 35% of that. The other 1,117 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Manchester?

In Manchester, Airbnb leads with 7,091 listings (62%), versus 4,425 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Manchester?

41 named professional operators run listings in Manchester. 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 11,516 public short-term rental listings in Manchester, 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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