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Short-term rentals in Preston

Preston has 362 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 226 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com. That ranks it 479th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (5 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
362
Market rank
#479 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
22

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Preston

In Preston, Airbnb leads with 226 listings (62%), versus 136 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Preston

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 362 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Preston

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 33% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 22 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Blessed Home and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 28% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
29%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
29%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 105
  • 2–5 listings 103
  • 6–25 listings 50
  • 26+ (professional) 104

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 45% of Preston's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (27%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 164
  • Private & shared rooms 97
  • Apartments & flats 63
  • B&Bs & guest houses 22
  • Hotels & hostels 12
  • Unique & outdoor 3
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Preston

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 Preston, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 5 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Blessed Home 4 — 3.4 / 10 428
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 4 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Prim Short Stays Ltd 4 4.33 / 5 6.9 / 10 3,067
5 Rose Platinum Properties 4 4.48 / 5 7.1 / 10 589
6 Your.Rentals 3 4.59 / 5 7.1 / 10 14,423
7 53 Degrees Property 2 4.67 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,232
8 Adagio Aparthotel 2 4.78 / 5 8.0 / 10 787,354
9 Eason Stays 2 4.36 / 5 6.8 / 10 646
10 My Property Host 2 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849

The other 12 professional operators in Preston

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

How Preston compares

Preston ranks 479th 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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Preston market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Preston?

Preston has 362 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 226 on Airbnb and 136 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Preston is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 5 local listings.

How professionalised is the Preston short-term rental market?

29% of Preston's listings (104 of 362) 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: 33% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 22 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Blessed Home and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 28% of that. The other 57 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Preston?

In Preston, Airbnb leads with 226 listings (62%), versus 136 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Preston?

22 named professional operators run listings in Preston. 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 362 public short-term rental listings in Preston, 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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