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Short-term rentals in Port Talbot

Port Talbot is the 362nd-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 488 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 36% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by KG SHORT STAY (43 listings).

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Tracked listings
488
Market rank
#362 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Port Talbot

In Port Talbot, Airbnb leads with 300 listings (61%), versus 188 on Booking.com (39%).

Where the listings are in Port Talbot

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 488 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Port Talbot

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 48% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 167 local listings between them, and the three largest — KG SHORT STAY, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 67% of that. The other 10 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
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 136
  • 2–5 listings 122
  • 6–25 listings 53
  • 26+ (professional) 177

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 64% of Port Talbot's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (17%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 310
  • Apartments & flats 83
  • Private & shared rooms 36
  • B&Bs & guest houses 23
  • Unique & outdoor 16
  • Hotels & hostels 15
  • Other 5

Largest operators in Port Talbot

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 Port Talbot, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 KG SHORT STAY 43 4.12 / 5 7.2 / 10 3,453
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 38 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
3 Cottages.com 31 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
4 STAE-Homes 27 4.58 / 5 8.2 / 10 2,576
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 13 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
6 Stay Gower 6 4.70 / 5 8.6 / 10 3,623
7 CoHost Partners 2 4.42 / 5 7.6 / 10 2,614
8 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 7,597
9 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 4.73 / 5 7.9 / 10 285,489
10 Finest Retreats 1 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960

The other 3 professional operators in Port Talbot

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

How Port Talbot compares

Port Talbot ranks 362nd 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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Port Talbot market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Port Talbot?

Port Talbot has 488 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 300 on Airbnb and 188 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Port Talbot?

The largest professional operator in Port Talbot is KG SHORT STAY, with 43 local listings.

How professionalised is the Port Talbot short-term rental market?

36% of Port Talbot's listings (177 of 488) 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: 48% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 167 local listings between them, and the three largest — KG SHORT STAY, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 67% of that. The other 10 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Port Talbot?

In Port Talbot, Airbnb leads with 300 listings (61%), versus 188 on Booking.com (39%).

How many professional operators run listings in Port Talbot?

13 named professional operators run listings in Port Talbot. 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 488 public short-term rental listings in Port Talbot, 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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