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Short-term rentals in Porthleven

Porthleven has 623 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 399 on Airbnb and 224 on Booking.com. That ranks it 253rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 55% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (97 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
623
Market rank
#253 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Porthleven

In Porthleven, Airbnb leads with 399 listings (64%), versus 224 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Porthleven

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 623 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Porthleven

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 45% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 226 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Finest Retreats — account for 80% of that. The other 118 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
55%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
25%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 157
  • 2–5 listings 96
  • 6–25 listings 26
  • 26+ (professional) 344

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 69% of Porthleven's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (13%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 428
  • Apartments & flats 82
  • B&Bs & guest houses 55
  • Unique & outdoor 32
  • Private & shared rooms 22
  • Hotels & hostels 4

Largest operators in Porthleven

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 Porthleven, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 97 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 67 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
3 Finest Retreats 17 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
4 Cottages.com 13 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
5 oceanholidaysconrwall.co.uk 10 4.85 / 5 9.2 / 10 1,308
6 Travelnest Ltd 6 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
7 Cornwall Hideaways 5 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 2,551
8 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 3 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,036
9 Cornish Traditional Cottages 2 4.75 / 5 6.5 / 10 743
10 Host My Home 2 4.79 / 5 8.8 / 10 4,016

The other 3 professional operators in Porthleven

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

How Porthleven compares

Porthleven ranks 253rd 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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Porthleven market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Porthleven?

Porthleven has 623 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 399 on Airbnb and 224 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Porthleven is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 97 local listings.

How professionalised is the Porthleven short-term rental market?

55% of Porthleven's listings (344 of 623) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 45% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 226 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Finest Retreats — account for 80% of that. The other 118 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Porthleven?

In Porthleven, Airbnb leads with 399 listings (64%), versus 224 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Porthleven?

13 named professional operators run listings in Porthleven. 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 623 public short-term rental listings in Porthleven, 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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