Short-term rentals in Rochester
Rochester is the 157th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 794 listings, 68% on Airbnb. 10% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (23 listings).
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 794
- Market rank
- #157 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rochester
In Rochester, Airbnb leads with 540 listings (68%), 2.1× the 254 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Rochester
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 Rochester
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 6% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 52 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Travelnest Ltd and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 69% of that. The other 31 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 10%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 43%
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 35% of Rochester's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (22%).
Largest operators in Rochester
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 | Cottages.com | 23 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 2 | Travelnest Ltd | 8 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 4 | Adagio Aparthotel | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 790,934 |
| 5 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 6 | Houst | 2 | 4.63 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 17,804 |
| 7 | Norfolk Hideaways | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,767 |
| 8 | Staybridge Suites | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,020,187 |
| 9 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 2 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 10 | Together Travel | 2 | 4.62 / 5 | — | 91 |
The other 2 professional operators in Rochester
Local listings
- ALSENED LTD 1 listing
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Rochester among their markets. See the full interactive Rochester market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Rochester compares
Rochester ranks 157th 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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Fowey 797 listings
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Brecon 796 listings
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Arundel 794 listings
- Derry Londonderry 791 listings
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Christchurch 789 listings
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Coniston 789 listings
Photo credits
- Fowey: Photo: Fowey, Town Quay - geograph.org.uk - 47111 by Graham Proud · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brecon: Photo: Brecon, River Usk - geograph.org.uk - 1983133 by Keith Salvesen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Arundel: Photo: Arundel Castle -West Sussex, England-23June2011 by Miles Sabin from Brighton, UK · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Christchurch: Photo: Dun Cow public house, Christchurch, Cambridge, 19 05 2010 by stavros1 · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Coniston: Photo: Coniston by Strider52 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rochester market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Rochester?
Rochester has 794 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 540 on Airbnb and 254 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Rochester?
The largest professional operator in Rochester is Cottages.com, with 23 local listings.
How professionalised is the Rochester short-term rental market?
10% of Rochester's listings (83 of 794) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 6% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 52 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Travelnest Ltd and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 69% of that. The other 31 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rochester?
In Rochester, Airbnb leads with 540 listings (68%), 2.1× the 254 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Rochester?
12 named professional operators run listings in Rochester. 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 794 public short-term rental listings in Rochester, 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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