Short-term rentals in Salcombe
Salcombe is the 68th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,104 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 60% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (249 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,104
- Market rank
- #68 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 14
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Salcombe
In Salcombe, Airbnb leads with 662 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.
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 50% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 547 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Finest Stays — account for 79% of that. The other 113 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 60%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 17%
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 71% of Salcombe's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (20%).
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 249 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 100 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Finest Stays | 85 | 4.79 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 616 |
| 4 | Toad Hall Cottages | 34 | 4.76 / 5 | 9.6 / 10 | 861 |
| 5 | Luxury Coastal | 32 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 8,877 |
| 6 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 23 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 7 | Finest Retreats | 7 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 8 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 4 | 4.88 / 5 | 9.3 / 10 | 1,962 |
| 9 | Your Devon Escape | 4 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 1,711 |
| 10 | Fresh Escapes | 2 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 1,603 |
The other 4 professional operators in Salcombe
Local listings
- Luxury Cottages 2 listings
- Oliver's Travels 2 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 2 listings
- Marsdens Devon Cottages 1 listing
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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Folkestone 1,150 listings
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Looe 1,149 listings
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Maidstone 1,107 listings
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Harrogate 1,101 listings
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Rye 1,099 listings
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Stratford-upon-Avon 1,099 listings
Photo credits
- Folkestone: Photo: Folkestone Aerial by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Looe: Photo: RiverLooe by User:Tigershrike · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Maidstone: Photo: River Medway at Maidstone, Kent - geograph.org.uk - 187940 by Rodney Burton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Harrogate: Photo: HarrogateCenotaph(DSPugh)Aug2005 by DS Pugh · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rye: Photo: Engeland Rye Landgate achterzijde 12-10-2011 12-45-24 by Paul Hermans · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stratford-upon-Avon: Photo: Shakespeare's Birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon - Sept 2012 by Diliff · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Salcombe market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Salcombe?
Salcombe has 1,104 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 662 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 249 local listings.
How professionalised is the Salcombe short-term rental market?
60% of Salcombe's listings (660 of 1,104) 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: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 50% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 547 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Finest Stays — account for 79% of that. The other 113 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 662 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 1,104 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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