Short-term rentals in Minehead
Minehead is the 389th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 461 listings, 57% on Airbnb. 58% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by The Best of Exmoor (82 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 461
- Market rank
- #389 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Minehead
In Minehead, Airbnb leads with 261 listings (57%), versus 200 on Booking.com (43%).
Where the listings are in Minehead
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.
Market structure in Minehead
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 251 local listings between them, and the three largest — The Best of Exmoor, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 81% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 58%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 72% of Minehead's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (13%).
Largest operators in Minehead
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. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Best of Exmoor | 82 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 3,917 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 77 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 44 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 18 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 7 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 6 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 6 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 8 | Luxury Cottages | 5 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 2,454 |
| 9 | Guesthoo | 4 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 16,142 |
| 10 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 2 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Minehead among their markets. See the full interactive Minehead market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Minehead compares
Minehead ranks 389th 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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Uxbridge 465 listings
- Beer 463 listings
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Pitlochry 463 listings
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Loughborough 456 listings
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Hartington 453 listings
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Gatehouse of Fleet 452 listings
Photo credits
- Uxbridge: Photo: Uxbridge, The Market House - geograph.org.uk - 798869 by Nigel Cox · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pitlochry: Photo: Pitlochry church 2007 by Michael Hanselmann · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Loughborough: Photo: Loughborough Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 3932 by Chris J Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hartington: Photo: Pilsbury to Crowdecote via Pilsbury Castle Hills (6 of 14) - geograph.org.uk - 1713842 by Alan Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gatehouse of Fleet: Photo: Ann Street, Gatehouse of Fleet - geograph.org.uk - 973006 by Chris Newman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Minehead market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Minehead?
Minehead has 461 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 261 on Airbnb and 200 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Minehead?
The largest professional operator in Minehead is The Best of Exmoor, with 82 local listings.
How professionalised is the Minehead short-term rental market?
58% of Minehead's listings (266 of 461) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 68% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 10 named professional operators run 251 local listings between them, and the three largest — The Best of Exmoor, Cottages.com and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 81% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Minehead?
In Minehead, Airbnb leads with 261 listings (57%), versus 200 on Booking.com (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Minehead?
10 named professional operators run listings in Minehead. 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 461 public short-term rental listings in Minehead, 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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