Short-term rentals in Penzance
Penzance is the 200th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 692 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 34% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (55 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 692
- Market rank
- #200 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Penzance
In Penzance, Airbnb leads with 430 listings (62%), versus 262 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Penzance
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 Penzance
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 28% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 116 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 86% of that. The other 117 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
- 36%
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 Penzance's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (32%).
Largest operators in Penzance
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 55 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 30 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 15 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Cornish Traditional Cottages | 3 | 4.74 / 5 | 10.0 / 10 | 562 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 3 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 7 | Hoseasons | 2 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 11,713 |
| 8 | Luxury Coastal | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
| 9 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 2 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 10 | Cumbrian Cottage Holidays | 1 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 78,520 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Penzance among their markets. See the full interactive Penzance market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Penzance compares
Penzance ranks 200th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Slough 701 listings
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Leyburn 698 listings
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Woodbridge 694 listings
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Porthcawl 691 listings
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Darlington 688 listings
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Criccieth 685 listings
Photo credits
- Slough: Photo: Slough town centre by alwye · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leyburn: Photo: Leyburn by Anthony Harrison · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Woodbridge: Photo: Woodbridge Suffolk (3518509835) by Martin Pettitt from Bury St Edmunds, UK · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Porthcawl: Photo: Porthcawl promenade (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1490500 by Ron Speed · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Darlington: Photo: Darlo town centre by Dan892k9 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Criccieth: Photo: Criccieth beach by James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Penzance market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Penzance?
Penzance has 692 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 430 on Airbnb and 262 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Penzance?
The largest professional operator in Penzance is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 55 local listings.
How professionalised is the Penzance short-term rental market?
34% of Penzance's listings (233 of 692) 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 28% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 116 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 86% of that. The other 117 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Penzance?
In Penzance, Airbnb leads with 430 listings (62%), versus 262 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Penzance?
11 named professional operators run listings in Penzance. 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 692 public short-term rental listings in Penzance, 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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