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Short-term rentals in Norwich

Norwich is the 25th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,170 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 28% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (119 listings).

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Tracked listings
2,170
Market rank
#25 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
19

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Norwich

In Norwich, Airbnb leads with 1,401 listings (65%), versus 769 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Norwich

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 2,170 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Norwich

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 337 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 72% of that. The other 263 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
28%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 613
  • 2–5 listings 521
  • 6–25 listings 436
  • 26+ (professional) 600

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 46% of Norwich's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (28%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,002
  • Apartments & flats 596
  • Private & shared rooms 230
  • B&Bs & guest houses 182
  • Unique & outdoor 93
  • Hotels & hostels 64
  • Other 3

Largest operators in Norwich

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 Norwich, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 119 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 90 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 35 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
4 Host & Stay 26 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,134
5 Travelnest Ltd 14 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
6 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 8 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 78,520
7 Norfolk Hideaways 8 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,767
8 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 6 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 1,962
9 Norfolk Cottages 5 4.68 / 5 — 165
10 ALSENED LTD 4 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134

The other 9 professional operators in Norwich

Local listings

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

How Norwich compares

Norwich ranks 25th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Norwich market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Norwich?

Norwich has 2,170 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,401 on Airbnb and 769 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Norwich is Cottages.com, with 119 local listings.

How professionalised is the Norwich short-term rental market?

28% of Norwich's listings (600 of 2,170) 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: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 337 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 72% of that. The other 263 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Norwich?

In Norwich, Airbnb leads with 1,401 listings (65%), versus 769 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Norwich?

19 named professional operators run listings in Norwich. 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 2,170 public short-term rental listings in Norwich, 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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