Short-term rentals in Seaton
Seaton has 273 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 170 on Airbnb and 103 on Booking.com. That ranks it 552nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 46% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (55 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 273
- Market rank
- #552 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Seaton
In Seaton, Airbnb leads with 170 listings (62%), versus 103 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Seaton
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 Seaton
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 70% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 111 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Dorset & Devon Holiday Cottages — account for 84% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 46%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 26%
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 67% of Seaton's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (13%).
Largest operators in Seaton
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. The table covers 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 | 55 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 24 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 3 | Dorset & Devon Holiday Cottages | 14 | 4.87 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 399 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 14 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 5 | Toad Hall Cottages | 3 | 4.76 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 857 |
| 6 | Unique Holiday Stays | 1 | 4.89 / 5 | — | 2,001 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Seaton among their markets. See the full interactive Seaton market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Seaton compares
Seaton ranks 552nd 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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Brancaster 279 listings
- Orkney 274 listings
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Thornham 274 listings
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Thorpeness 270 listings
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Newtonmore 267 listings
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Talybont 267 listings
Photo credits
- Brancaster: Photo: Brancaster village sign - geograph.org.uk - 265542 by Martin Pearman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thornham: Photo: UK Thornham (Norfolk) by Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thorpeness: Photo: Westgate, Thorpeness - geograph.org.uk - 942869 by Oxyman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newtonmore: Photo: Newtonmore2 by Philip Taylor, Personal Photo, Free License · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Talybont: Photo: Tal-y-Bont, Ceredigion by Eddie Webster · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Seaton market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Seaton?
Seaton has 273 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 170 on Airbnb and 103 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Seaton?
The largest professional operator in Seaton is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 55 local listings.
How professionalised is the Seaton short-term rental market?
46% of Seaton's listings (126 of 273) 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: 70% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 32% on Airbnb. The 6 named professional operators run 111 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Dorset & Devon Holiday Cottages — account for 84% of that. The other 15 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Seaton?
In Seaton, Airbnb leads with 170 listings (62%), versus 103 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Seaton?
6 named professional operators run listings in Seaton. 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 273 public short-term rental listings in Seaton, 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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