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Short-term rentals in Oxford

Oxford has 2,873 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,974 on Airbnb and 899 on Booking.com. That ranks it 16th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 69% of its listings on Airbnb. 16% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Short Let Space Ltd (99 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,873
Market rank
#16 / 597
National share
0.5%
Named professional operators
29

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Oxford

In Oxford, Airbnb leads with 1,974 listings (69%), 2.2× the 899 on Booking.com (31%).

Where the listings are in Oxford

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 2,873 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Oxford

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 21% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 29 named professional operators run 268 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Let Space Ltd, Pass the Keys and Ashbrook Serviced Apartments — account for 67% of that. The other 201 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
16%
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.

  • Single listing 847
  • 2–5 listings 807
  • 6–25 listings 750
  • 26+ (professional) 469

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 34% of Oxford's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (29%).

  • Apartments & flats 978
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 827
  • Private & shared rooms 670
  • B&Bs & guest houses 267
  • Hotels & hostels 84
  • Unique & outdoor 41
  • Other 6

Largest operators in Oxford

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 Oxford, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Short Let Space Ltd 99 4.77 / 5 8.6 / 10 2,580
2 Pass the Keys 65 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
3 Ashbrook Serviced Apartments 15 4.79 / 5 9.1 / 10 1,286
4 ALSENED LTD 10 3.38 / 5 6.4 / 10 153,888
5 Red Kite Stays 10 4.79 / 5 8.9 / 10 6,959
6 Azzurri Properties Ltd. 8 4.71 / 5 7.5 / 10 310
7 Bolthole Retreats 8 4.82 / 5 9.0 / 10 7,128
8 holidaycottages.co.uk 7 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
9 Your.Rentals 5 4.59 / 5 7.1 / 10 14,423
10 Cottages.com 4 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687

The other 19 professional operators in Oxford

Local listings

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

How Oxford compares

Oxford ranks 16th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Oxford market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Oxford?

Oxford has 2,873 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,974 on Airbnb and 899 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Oxford is Short Let Space Ltd, with 99 local listings.

How professionalised is the Oxford short-term rental market?

16% of Oxford's listings (469 of 2,873) 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: 21% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 29 named professional operators run 268 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Let Space Ltd, Pass the Keys and Ashbrook Serviced Apartments — account for 67% of that. The other 201 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Oxford?

In Oxford, Airbnb leads with 1,974 listings (69%), 2.2× the 899 on Booking.com (31%).

How many professional operators run listings in Oxford?

29 named professional operators run listings in Oxford. 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 2,873 public short-term rental listings in Oxford, 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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