Short-term rentals in Sheffield
Sheffield is the 24th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 2,175 listings, 62% on Airbnb. 24% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by My Property Host (39 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 2,175
- Market rank
- #24 / 597
- National share
- 0.4%
- Named professional operators
- 21
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Sheffield
In Sheffield, Airbnb leads with 1,359 listings (62%), versus 816 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Sheffield
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 Sheffield
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 150 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, Travelnest Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 50% of that. The other 379 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 24%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 24%
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
Apartments & flats make up 50% of Sheffield's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (26%).
Largest operators in Sheffield
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 | My Property Host | 39 | 4.29 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,689 |
| 2 | Travelnest Ltd | 19 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 17 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 15 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 5 | Houst | 9 | 4.63 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 17,804 |
| 6 | Your.Rentals | 7 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
| 7 | ALSENED LTD | 6 | 3.45 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 152,134 |
| 8 | Yoko Property | 6 | 4.49 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 975 |
| 9 | Adagio Aparthotel | 5 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 790,934 |
| 10 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 4 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
The other 11 professional operators in Sheffield
Local listings
- Prim Short Stays Ltd 4 listings
- Perfect Booking 3 listings
- Brookland Stays 2 listings
- Eason Stays 2 listings
- HelloGuest Limited 2 listings
- Pass the Property 2 listings
- Staybridge Suites 2 listings
- UniFlx 2 listings
- Valore Property Services 2 listings
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- The Cricketers Inn 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Sheffield among their markets. See the full interactive Sheffield market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Sheffield compares
Sheffield ranks 24th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.4% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Cambridge 2,420 listings
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Bournemouth 2,391 listings
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Leicester 2,179 listings
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Norwich 2,170 listings
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Scarborough 2,145 listings
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Portsmouth 1,977 listings
Photo credits
- Cambridge: Photo: KingsCollegeChapelWest by Andrew Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bournemouth: Photo: Bournemouth, The Square - geograph.org.uk - 509151 by Chris Downer · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Leicester: Photo: Leicester landmarks montage by Ned Trifle, Steve Cadman, Duncan Harris, Parrot of Doom & NotFromUtrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Norwich: Photo: Norwich Town Hall from the Castle by Ashley Dace · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Scarborough: Photo: Town Hall Scarborough - geograph.org.uk - 878003 by Jeff Pearson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Portsmouth: Photo: Portsmouth-from-PortsdownHill by en:User:AlanFord · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Sheffield market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Sheffield?
Sheffield has 2,175 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,359 on Airbnb and 816 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Sheffield?
The largest professional operator in Sheffield is My Property Host, with 39 local listings.
How professionalised is the Sheffield short-term rental market?
24% of Sheffield's listings (529 of 2,175) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 150 local listings between them, and the three largest — My Property Host, Travelnest Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 50% of that. The other 379 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Sheffield?
In Sheffield, Airbnb leads with 1,359 listings (62%), versus 816 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Sheffield?
21 named professional operators run listings in Sheffield. 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 2,175 public short-term rental listings in Sheffield, 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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