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Short-term rentals in Newquay

Newquay is the 29th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,897 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 32% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (171 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,897
Market rank
#29 / 597
National share
0.3%
Named professional operators
21

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Newquay

In Newquay, Airbnb leads with 1,214 listings (64%), versus 683 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Newquay

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 1,897 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Newquay

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 555 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 58% of that. The other 43 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
32%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
34%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 645
  • 2–5 listings 449
  • 6–25 listings 205
  • 26+ (professional) 598

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 49% of Newquay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (31%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 936
  • Apartments & flats 585
  • Unique & outdoor 123
  • B&Bs & guest houses 109
  • Hotels & hostels 80
  • Private & shared rooms 60
  • Other 4

Largest operators in Newquay

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 Newquay, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 171 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 Cottages.com 76 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 73 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
4 Guesthoo 48 4.82 / 5 8.7 / 10 16,142
5 Cornwall Hideaways 44 4.71 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,942
6 ALSENED LTD 26 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
7 Luxury Coastal 22 4.78 / 5 8.9 / 10 8,877
8 Finest Retreats 21 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960
9 Travelnest Ltd 20 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
10 Interhome 10 4.71 / 5 8.5 / 10 4,242

The other 11 professional operators in Newquay

Local listings

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

How Newquay compares

Newquay ranks 29th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Newquay market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Newquay?

Newquay has 1,897 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,214 on Airbnb and 683 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Newquay is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 171 local listings.

How professionalised is the Newquay short-term rental market?

32% of Newquay's listings (598 of 1,897) 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: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 24% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 555 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 58% of that. The other 43 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Newquay?

In Newquay, Airbnb leads with 1,214 listings (64%), versus 683 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Newquay?

21 named professional operators run listings in Newquay. 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 1,897 public short-term rental listings in Newquay, 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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