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Short-term rentals in Richmond

Richmond is the 510th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 342 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 45% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (44 listings).

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Tracked listings
342
Market rank
#510 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Richmond

In Richmond, Airbnb leads with 209 listings (61%), versus 133 on Booking.com (39%).

Where the listings are in Richmond

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 342 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Richmond

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 37% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 146 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 75% of that. The other 8 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
45%
Median market
39%
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.

  • Single listing 90
  • 2–5 listings 56
  • 6–25 listings 42
  • 26+ (professional) 154

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 72% of Richmond's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (10%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 246
  • Apartments & flats 34
  • B&Bs & guest houses 28
  • Unique & outdoor 18
  • Private & shared rooms 9
  • Hotels & hostels 7

Largest operators in Richmond

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 Richmond, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 44 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 39 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
3 Cottages.com 26 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
4 Host & Stay 9 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,134
5 Yorkshire Escapes 7 4.91 / 5 1,418
6 ALSENED LTD 6 3.45 / 5 6.4 / 10 152,134
7 Finest Retreats 4 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960
8 Norfolk Hideaways 4 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,767
9 Crabtree & Crabtree 3 4.94 / 5 9.5 / 10 858
10 KIST Accommodates 2 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 831

The other 2 professional operators in Richmond

Local listings

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

How Richmond compares

Richmond ranks 510th 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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Richmond market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Richmond?

Richmond has 342 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 209 on Airbnb and 133 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Richmond is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 44 local listings.

How professionalised is the Richmond short-term rental market?

45% of Richmond's listings (154 of 342) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 57% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 37% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 146 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Cottages.com — account for 75% of that. The other 8 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Richmond?

In Richmond, Airbnb leads with 209 listings (61%), versus 133 on Booking.com (39%).

How many professional operators run listings in Richmond?

12 named professional operators run listings in Richmond. 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 342 public short-term rental listings in Richmond, 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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