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Short-term rentals in Poole

Poole has 894 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 562 on Airbnb and 332 on Booking.com. That ranks it 124th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 41% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 41%, led by Quay Holidays LLP (175 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
894
Market rank
#124 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Poole

In Poole, Airbnb leads with 562 listings (63%), versus 332 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Poole

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 894 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Poole

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 291 local listings between them, and the three largest — Quay Holidays LLP, South Lytchett Manor CCP and Cottages.com — account for 78% of that. The other 79 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
41%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
35%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 314
  • 2–5 listings 131
  • 6–25 listings 79
  • 26+ (professional) 370

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 41% of Poole's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (32%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 365
  • Apartments & flats 283
  • Unique & outdoor 106
  • Private & shared rooms 70
  • B&Bs & guest houses 51
  • Hotels & hostels 19

Largest operators in Poole

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 Poole, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Quay Holidays LLP 175 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,217
2 South Lytchett Manor CCP 34 4.89 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,336
3 Cottages.com 18 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 18 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Grandeur Property Management Limited 15 4.57 / 5 8.0 / 10 2,262
6 Travelnest Ltd 7 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 holidaycottages.co.uk 6 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
8 Bournecoast Holiday Agents 4 4.66 / 5 8.5 / 10 2,436
9 HelloGuest Limited 3 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648
10 Bond Holiday Lets 2 4.80 / 5 9.0 / 10 439

The other 6 professional operators in Poole

Local listings

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

How Poole compares

Poole ranks 124th 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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Poole market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Poole?

Poole has 894 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 562 on Airbnb and 332 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Poole is Quay Holidays LLP, with 175 local listings.

How professionalised is the Poole short-term rental market?

41% of Poole's listings (370 of 894) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 54% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 291 local listings between them, and the three largest — Quay Holidays LLP, South Lytchett Manor CCP and Cottages.com — account for 78% of that. The other 79 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Poole?

In Poole, Airbnb leads with 562 listings (63%), versus 332 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Poole?

16 named professional operators run listings in Poole. 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 894 public short-term rental listings in Poole, 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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