Short-term rentals in Richmond
Richmond has 281 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 176 on Airbnb and 105 on Booking.com. That ranks it 548th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 47% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (37 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 281
- Market rank
- #548 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Richmond
In Richmond, Airbnb leads with 176 listings (63%), versus 105 on Booking.com (37%).
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.
Market structure in Richmond
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 121 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 79% of that. The other 10 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 47%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
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 75% of Richmond's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (10%).
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. The table covers 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 | 37 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 35 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 24 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 4 | Host & Stay | 8 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,959 |
| 5 | Yorkshire Escapes | 8 | 4.91 / 5 | — | 1,508 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 4 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 7 | Norfolk Hideaways | 4 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,836 |
| 8 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.59 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 14,423 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
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 548th 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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Snettisham 291 listings
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Grasmere 289 listings
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Barnsley 287 listings
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Brancaster 279 listings
- Orkney 274 listings
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Thornham 274 listings
Photo credits
- Snettisham: Photo: St Mary, Snettisham - geograph.org.uk - 1163230 by John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grasmere: Photo: Grasmere 2, Cumbria - June 2009 by User:Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Barnsley: Photo: Barnsley by David Johnston · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brancaster: Photo: Brancaster village sign - geograph.org.uk - 265542 by Martin Pearman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thornham: Photo: UK Thornham (Norfolk) by Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Richmond market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Richmond?
Richmond has 281 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 176 on Airbnb and 105 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Richmond?
The largest professional operator in Richmond is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 37 local listings.
How professionalised is the Richmond short-term rental market?
47% of Richmond's listings (131 of 281) 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: 60% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 39% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 121 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 79% of that. The other 10 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 176 listings (63%), versus 105 on Booking.com (37%).
How many professional operators run listings in Richmond?
8 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 281 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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