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Short-term rentals in Salcombe

Salcombe has 1,103 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 661 on Airbnb and 442 on Booking.com. That ranks it 68th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 60% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (251 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
1,103
Market rank
#68 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
14

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Salcombe

In Salcombe, Airbnb leads with 661 listings (60%), versus 442 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Salcombe

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 1,103 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Salcombe

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 51% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 516 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Finest Stays — account for 84% of that. The other 149 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
60%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
16%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 180
  • 2–5 listings 119
  • 6–25 listings 139
  • 26+ (professional) 665

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 71% of Salcombe's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (20%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 788
  • Apartments & flats 216
  • B&Bs & guest houses 44
  • Unique & outdoor 30
  • Private & shared rooms 21
  • Hotels & hostels 4

Largest operators in Salcombe

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 Salcombe, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 251 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 101 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 Finest Stays 79 4.78 / 5 9.1 / 10 409
4 Toad Hall Cottages 34 4.76 / 5 8.8 / 10 857
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 24 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
6 Finest Retreats 7 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
7 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 4 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,036
8 Your Devon Escape 4 4.83 / 5 8.9 / 10 1,707
9 Compass Quay Coastal Holidays 2 4.82 / 5 9.0 / 10 699
10 Fresh Escapes 2 4.68 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,600

The other 4 professional operators in Salcombe

Local listings

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

How Salcombe compares

Salcombe ranks 68th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Salcombe market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Salcombe?

Salcombe has 1,103 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 661 on Airbnb and 442 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Salcombe is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 251 local listings.

How professionalised is the Salcombe short-term rental market?

60% of Salcombe's listings (665 of 1,103) 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: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 51% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 516 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Finest Stays — account for 84% of that. The other 149 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Salcombe?

In Salcombe, Airbnb leads with 661 listings (60%), versus 442 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Salcombe?

14 named professional operators run listings in Salcombe. 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 1,103 public short-term rental listings in Salcombe, 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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