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Short-term rentals in Scarborough

Scarborough is the 26th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,145 listings, split almost evenly between Airbnb (52%) and Booking.com (48%). 49% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (346 listings).

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Tracked listings
2,145
Market rank
#26 / 597
National share
0.3%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Scarborough

In Scarborough, supply is split almost evenly: 1,111 listings on Airbnb (52%) and 1,034 on Booking.com (48%).

Where the listings are in Scarborough

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 2,145 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Scarborough

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 42% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 803 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Host & Stay — account for 88% of that. The other 238 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
49%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
20%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 436
  • 2–5 listings 366
  • 6–25 listings 302
  • 26+ (professional) 1,041

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 57% of Scarborough's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (29%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,223
  • Apartments & flats 619
  • B&Bs & guest houses 130
  • Unique & outdoor 80
  • Hotels & hostels 47
  • Private & shared rooms 45
  • Other 1

Largest operators in Scarborough

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 Scarborough, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 346 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
2 Cottages.com 291 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
3 Host & Stay 69 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,134
4 holidaycottages.co.uk 56 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
5 Travelnest Ltd 19 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
6 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 7 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,189
7 Yorkshire Escapes 5 4.91 / 5 — 1,418
8 Ingrid Flute'S Yorks Hol Cottages 4 4.60 / 5 — 428
9 The Cricketers Inn 2 5.00 / 5 7.9 / 10 98,700
10 Your.Rentals 2 4.62 / 5 7.4 / 10 11,822

The other 2 professional operators in Scarborough

Local listings

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

How Scarborough compares

Scarborough ranks 26th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Scarborough market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Scarborough?

Scarborough has 2,145 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,111 on Airbnb and 1,034 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Scarborough is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 346 local listings.

How professionalised is the Scarborough short-term rental market?

49% of Scarborough's listings (1,041 of 2,145) 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: 56% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 42% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 803 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Host & Stay — account for 88% of that. The other 238 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Scarborough?

In Scarborough, supply is split almost evenly: 1,111 listings on Airbnb (52%) and 1,034 on Booking.com (48%).

How many professional operators run listings in Scarborough?

12 named professional operators run listings in Scarborough. 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 2,145 public short-term rental listings in Scarborough, 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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