Short-term rentals in Paignton
Paignton is the 100th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 958 listings, 57% on Airbnb. 36% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (135 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 958
- Market rank
- #100 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Paignton
In Paignton, Airbnb leads with 549 listings (57%), versus 409 on Booking.com (43%).
Where the listings are in Paignton
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 Paignton
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 299 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Travelnest Ltd — account for 81% of that. The other 47 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 36%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 Paignton's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Paignton
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 | 135 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 76 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 31 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 19 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Fresh Escapes | 8 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,603 |
| 6 | Guesthoo | 8 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 16,142 |
| 7 | Luxury Coastal | 8 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
| 8 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 7 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 9 | Cornwall Hideaways | 4 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,942 |
| 10 | Adagio Aparthotel | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 790,934 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Paignton among their markets. See the full interactive Paignton market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Paignton compares
Paignton ranks 100th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Buxton 969 listings
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Saundersfoot 967 listings
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Padstow 962 listings
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Airdrie 956 listings
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Peterborough 950 listings
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Bude 942 listings
Photo credits
- Buxton: Photo: Buxton scene, autumn (geograph 3191760) by Andrew Hill · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saundersfoot: Photo: Saundersfoot-harbor by Rollercow · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Padstow: Photo: Padstow 1 by Personal photograph taken by Mick Knapton at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Airdrie: Photo: Airdrie by Chris Upson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough: Photo: Peterborough Cathedral March 2010 by NotFromUtrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bude: Photo: Bude 01 River Neet by Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Paignton market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Paignton?
Paignton has 958 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 549 on Airbnb and 409 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Paignton?
The largest professional operator in Paignton is Cottages.com, with 135 local listings.
How professionalised is the Paignton short-term rental market?
36% of Paignton's listings (346 of 958) 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: 49% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 299 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Travelnest Ltd — account for 81% of that. The other 47 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Paignton?
In Paignton, Airbnb leads with 549 listings (57%), versus 409 on Booking.com (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Paignton?
11 named professional operators run listings in Paignton. 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 958 public short-term rental listings in Paignton, 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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