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Short-term rentals in Rugby

Rugby has 612 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 432 on Airbnb and 180 on Booking.com. That ranks it 265th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 71% of its listings on Airbnb. 22% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (26 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
612
Market rank
#265 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
19

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rugby

In Rugby, Airbnb leads with 432 listings (71%), 2.4× the 180 on Booking.com (29%).

Where the listings are in Rugby

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 612 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Rugby

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 110 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and stayhosted.co.uk — account for 55% of that. The other 22 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
33%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 204
  • 2–5 listings 163
  • 6–25 listings 113
  • 26+ (professional) 132

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 43% of Rugby's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 264
  • Apartments & flats 95
  • B&Bs & guest houses 89
  • Private & shared rooms 82
  • Unique & outdoor 50
  • Hotels & hostels 30
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Rugby

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 Rugby, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 26 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 24 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
3 stayhosted.co.uk 10 4.74 / 5 8.4 / 10 540
4 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 8 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
5 My Property Host 6 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
6 We Stay Ltd 6 4.78 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,098
7 Clarendon Stays 4 4.71 / 5 8.2 / 10 362
8 Coventry Home 4 4.54 / 5 8.5 / 10 251
9 Patternbricks Apartments 4 4.47 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,949
10 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 4 4.84 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,199

The other 9 professional operators in Rugby

Local listings

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

How Rugby compares

Rugby ranks 265th 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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Rugby market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Rugby?

Rugby has 612 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 432 on Airbnb and 180 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Rugby is Cottages.com, with 26 local listings.

How professionalised is the Rugby short-term rental market?

22% of Rugby's listings (132 of 612) 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: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 19 named professional operators run 110 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and stayhosted.co.uk — account for 55% of that. The other 22 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rugby?

In Rugby, Airbnb leads with 432 listings (71%), 2.4× the 180 on Booking.com (29%).

How many professional operators run listings in Rugby?

19 named professional operators run listings in Rugby. 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 612 public short-term rental listings in Rugby, 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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