Short-term rentals in Porthcawl
Porthcawl is the 201st-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 691 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 25% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (43 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 691
- Market rank
- #201 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Porthcawl
In Porthcawl, Airbnb leads with 419 listings (61%), versus 272 on Booking.com (39%).
Where the listings are in Porthcawl
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 Porthcawl
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 33% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 161 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 78% of that. The other 13 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 25%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 40%
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 48% of Porthcawl's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (23%).
Largest operators in Porthcawl
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 43 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 42 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 40 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 21 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 5 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 4 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 6 | Salt & City Stays | 3 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 5,240 |
| 7 | CoHost Partners | 2 | 4.42 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 2,614 |
| 8 | Stay Gower | 2 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,623 |
| 9 | Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa | 1 | 4.73 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 285,489 |
| 10 | Pass the Keys | 1 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 62,567 |
The other 2 professional operators in Porthcawl
Local listings
- The Cricketers Inn 1 listing
- Wales Cottage Holidays 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Porthcawl among their markets. See the full interactive Porthcawl market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Porthcawl compares
Porthcawl ranks 201st 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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Leyburn 698 listings
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Woodbridge 694 listings
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Penzance 692 listings
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Darlington 688 listings
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Criccieth 685 listings
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Henley on Thames 685 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Penzance: Photo: PZHARBOURPANORAMA by The original uploader was Marktee1 at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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
- Henley on Thames: Photo: Town Hall, Henley - geograph.org.uk - 36320 by Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Porthcawl market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Porthcawl?
Porthcawl has 691 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 419 on Airbnb and 272 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Porthcawl?
The largest professional operator in Porthcawl is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 43 local listings.
How professionalised is the Porthcawl short-term rental market?
25% of Porthcawl's listings (174 of 691) 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: 33% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 161 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 78% of that. The other 13 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Porthcawl?
In Porthcawl, Airbnb leads with 419 listings (61%), versus 272 on Booking.com (39%).
How many professional operators run listings in Porthcawl?
12 named professional operators run listings in Porthcawl. 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 691 public short-term rental listings in Porthcawl, 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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