Short-term rentals in Portsmouth
Portsmouth has 1,977 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,273 on Airbnb and 704 on Booking.com. That ranks it 27th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 22% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Open Mind Property (107 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,977
- Market rank
- #27 / 597
- National share
- 0.3%
- Named professional operators
- 19
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Portsmouth
In Portsmouth, Airbnb leads with 1,273 listings (64%), versus 704 on Booking.com (36%).
Where the listings are in Portsmouth
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 Portsmouth
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 363 local listings between them, and the three largest — Open Mind Property, Air Maison and WorkStay Group — account for 66% of that. The other 78 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 22%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 26%
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
Apartments & flats make up 41% of Portsmouth's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (28%).
Largest operators in Portsmouth
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 | Open Mind Property | 107 | 4.30 / 5 | 7.0 / 10 | 1,457 |
| 2 | Air Maison | 78 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 1,747 |
| 3 | WorkStay Group | 53 | 4.63 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 430 |
| 4 | Portsmouth Stays | 40 | 3.76 / 5 | 6.5 / 10 | 1,814 |
| 5 | Blue Puffin Stays | 28 | 4.79 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 1,519 |
| 6 | Cottages.com | 15 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 7 | Henry Adams Holiday Cottages | 9 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 2,893 |
| 8 | Pass the Keys | 7 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 63,230 |
| 9 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 6 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 10 | Travelnest Ltd | 5 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
The other 9 professional operators in Portsmouth
Local listings
- Staybridge Suites 3 listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 3 listings
- Adagio Aparthotel 2 listings
- LUXEDGE REAL ESTATE LTD 2 listings
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- HelloGuest Limited 1 listing
- innkeeperscollection.co.uk 1 listing
- Oliver's Travels 1 listing
- Studio Apartment 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Portsmouth among their markets. See the full interactive Portsmouth market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Portsmouth compares
Portsmouth ranks 27th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Sheffield 2,178 listings
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Norwich 2,170 listings
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Scarborough 2,145 listings
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Portree 1,930 listings
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Newquay 1,897 listings
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Chester 1,827 listings
Photo credits
- Sheffield: Photo: Sheffield City by Neil Theasby · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich: Photo: Norwich Town Hall from the Castle by Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Scarborough: Photo: Town Hall Scarborough - geograph.org.uk - 878003 by Jeff Pearson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portree: Photo: Portree Isle of Skye - September 2023 by הגמל התימני · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newquay: Photo: Newquayhill by Kicior99 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chester: Photo: Bridge Street, Chester by Crashlanded · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Portsmouth market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Portsmouth?
Portsmouth has 1,977 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,273 on Airbnb and 704 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Portsmouth?
The largest professional operator in Portsmouth is Open Mind Property, with 107 local listings.
How professionalised is the Portsmouth short-term rental market?
22% of Portsmouth's listings (441 of 1,977) 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: 29% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 363 local listings between them, and the three largest — Open Mind Property, Air Maison and WorkStay Group — account for 66% of that. The other 78 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Portsmouth?
In Portsmouth, Airbnb leads with 1,273 listings (64%), versus 704 on Booking.com (36%).
How many professional operators run listings in Portsmouth?
19 named professional operators run listings in Portsmouth. 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 1,977 public short-term rental listings in Portsmouth, 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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