Short-term rentals in Oban
Oban is the 37th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,656 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 34% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (132 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,656
- Market rank
- #37 / 597
- National share
- 0.3%
- Named professional operators
- 16
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Oban
In Oban, Airbnb leads with 1,001 listings (60%), versus 655 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Oban
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 Oban
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 40% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 30% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 431 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Oban Holiday Lets and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 69% of that. The other 128 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 34%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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 46% of Oban's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (27%).
Largest operators in Oban
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottages.com | 132 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Oban Holiday Lets | 89 | 4.84 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 4,726 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 76 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | West Holidays | 62 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 11,840 |
| 5 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 27 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 6 | Island Holiday Cottages | 13 | 4.76 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 749 |
| 7 | Discover Scotland | 6 | 4.67 / 5 | — | 195 |
| 8 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 6 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 9 | Argyll Self Catering Holidays | 4 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 1,545 |
| 10 | SpotApartments | 4 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 13,256 |
The other 6 professional operators in Oban
Local listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 3 listings
- The Travel Fox 3 listings
- Birch Stays Ltd 2 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 2 listings
- Hoseasons 1 listing
- Oliver's Travels 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Oban among their markets. See the full interactive Oban market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Oban compares
Oban ranks 37th 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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Milton Keynes 1,716 listings
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Aberdeen 1,711 listings
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Weymouth 1,707 listings
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Reading 1,606 listings
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Coventry 1,579 listings
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Keswick 1,508 listings
Photo credits
- Milton Keynes: Photo: MK Montage by Tom walker · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberdeen: Photo: Aberdeen from Tollohill Woods by Ragazzi99 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Weymouth: Photo: Weymouth harbour, Dorset, England by ITookSomePhotos · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Reading: Photo: Broad Street, Reading - geograph.org.uk - 2864164 by Paul Gillett · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Coventry: Photo: Broadgate and Precincts - geograph.org.uk - 554599 by E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keswick: Photo: Market Square, Keswick - geograph.org.uk - 387633 by Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Oban market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Oban?
Oban has 1,656 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,001 on Airbnb and 655 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Oban?
The largest professional operator in Oban is Cottages.com, with 132 local listings.
How professionalised is the Oban short-term rental market?
34% of Oban's listings (559 of 1,656) 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: 40% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 30% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 431 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Oban Holiday Lets and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 69% of that. The other 128 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Oban?
In Oban, Airbnb leads with 1,001 listings (60%), versus 655 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Oban?
16 named professional operators run listings in Oban. 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 1,656 public short-term rental listings in Oban, 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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