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Short-term rentals in Peterhead

Peterhead has 392 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 210 on Airbnb and 182 on Booking.com. That ranks it 456th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (54%) and Booking.com (46%). 31% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (26 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
392
Market rank
#456 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Peterhead

In Peterhead, supply is split almost evenly: 210 listings on Airbnb (54%) and 182 on Booking.com (46%).

Where the listings are in Peterhead

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 392 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Peterhead

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 95 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and SJA Stays — account for 71% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
31%
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 113
  • 2–5 listings 93
  • 6–25 listings 64
  • 26+ (professional) 122

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 54% of Peterhead's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (27%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 213
  • Apartments & flats 105
  • B&Bs & guest houses 29
  • Hotels & hostels 23
  • Private & shared rooms 17
  • Unique & outdoor 5

Largest operators in Peterhead

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 Peterhead, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 26 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 25 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 SJA Stays 16 4.75 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,745
4 Travelnest Ltd 9 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
5 Holiday Homes 5 4.68 / 5 8.1 / 10 479
6 Heritage Hosting 3 4.87 / 5 9.4 / 10 1,391
7 Vivi Stays 3 4.78 / 5 8.2 / 10 661
8 Cozyhost Short Stays 2 4.73 / 5 9.0 / 10 608
9 holidaycottages.co.uk 2 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
10 Recharge Stays 2 4.16 / 5 5.6 / 10 360

The other 2 professional operators in Peterhead

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

How Peterhead compares

Peterhead ranks 456th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Peterhead market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Peterhead?

Peterhead has 392 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 210 on Airbnb and 182 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Peterhead is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 26 local listings.

How professionalised is the Peterhead short-term rental market?

31% of Peterhead's listings (122 of 392) 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: 36% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 95 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and SJA Stays — account for 71% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Peterhead?

In Peterhead, supply is split almost evenly: 210 listings on Airbnb (54%) and 182 on Booking.com (46%).

How many professional operators run listings in Peterhead?

12 named professional operators run listings in Peterhead. 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 392 public short-term rental listings in Peterhead, 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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