Short-term rentals in Nairn
Nairn has 598 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 382 on Airbnb and 216 on Booking.com. That ranks it 273rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 32% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (85 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 598
- Market rank
- #273 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Nairn
In Nairn, Airbnb leads with 382 listings (64%), versus 216 on Booking.com (36%).
Where the listings are in Nairn
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 Nairn
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 37% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 172 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and UK Haven Stays — account for 80% of that. The other 18 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 32%
- Median market
- 41%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 49% of Nairn's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Nairn
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 | Cottages.com | 85 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 32 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | UK Haven Stays | 21 | 4.16 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 9,421 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 17 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 5 | Interhome | 6 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,430 |
| 6 | mystayinn LIMITED | 6 | 4.48 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 7,309 |
| 7 | Blok Property Management | 2 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 611 |
| 8 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 9 | Seasgair Lodges | 1 | — | 9.3 / 10 | 9 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Nairn among their markets. See the full interactive Nairn market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Nairn compares
Nairn ranks 273rd 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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Appledore 600 listings
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Leominster 600 listings
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Hunstanton 599 listings
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Ulverston 596 listings
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Burton upon Trent 593 listings
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Chippenham 592 listings
Photo credits
- Appledore: Photo: The main street, Appledore, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 41666 by Ron Strutt · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leominster: Photo: Leominster Priory by Tony Grist · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Hunstanton: Photo: View of Hunstanton Front From The Beach by Richard Riley · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ulverston: Photo: Market Street, Ulverston by Dave&Lynne Slater from Cumbria, United kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Burton upon Trent: Photo: Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 352398 by Stanley Walker · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chippenham: Photo: Chippenham Village Sign by Paul Tuli · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Nairn market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Nairn?
Nairn has 598 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 382 on Airbnb and 216 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Nairn?
The largest professional operator in Nairn is Cottages.com, with 85 local listings.
How professionalised is the Nairn short-term rental market?
32% of Nairn's listings (190 of 598) 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 29% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 172 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and UK Haven Stays — account for 80% of that. The other 18 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Nairn?
In Nairn, Airbnb leads with 382 listings (64%), versus 216 on Booking.com (36%).
How many professional operators run listings in Nairn?
9 named professional operators run listings in Nairn. 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 598 public short-term rental listings in Nairn, 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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