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Short-term rentals in Sheffield

Sheffield has 2,178 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,359 on Airbnb and 819 on Booking.com. That ranks it 24th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 26% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Gold Key Property (50 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,178
Market rank
#24 / 597
National share
0.4%
Named professional operators
37

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Sheffield

In Sheffield, Airbnb leads with 1,359 listings (62%), versus 819 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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 2,178 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

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 22% on Airbnb. The 37 named professional operators run 305 local listings between them, and the three largest — Gold Key Property, My Property Host and Avo Apartments — account for 41% of that. The other 264 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
26%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
23%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 491
  • 2–5 listings 586
  • 6–25 listings 532
  • 26+ (professional) 569

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 50% of Sheffield's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (26%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,096
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 571
  • Private & shared rooms 324
  • B&Bs & guest houses 104
  • Hotels & hostels 71
  • Unique & outdoor 12

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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Largest operators in Sheffield, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Gold Key Property 50 4.87 / 5 8.3 / 10 958
2 My Property Host 39 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
3 Avo Apartments 35 4.65 / 5 8.8 / 10 2,610
4 Travelnest Ltd 23 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168
5 MVS Property Group 20 — 6.6 / 10 2,228
6 Cottages.com 17 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
7 Sykes Holiday Cottages 15 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
8 Smart Corporate Stays Ltd 10 4.04 / 5 6.3 / 10 523
9 Home Crowd Properties 9 4.67 / 5 8.1 / 10 1,730
10 Hilltop Serviced Apartments 7 4.83 / 5 8.7 / 10 755

The other 27 professional operators in Sheffield

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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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Sheffield market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Sheffield?

Sheffield has 2,178 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,359 on Airbnb and 819 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Sheffield is Gold Key Property, with 50 local listings.

How professionalised is the Sheffield short-term rental market?

26% of Sheffield's listings (569 of 2,178) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 22% on Airbnb. The 37 named professional operators run 305 local listings between them, and the three largest — Gold Key Property, My Property Host and Avo Apartments — account for 41% of that. The other 264 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 819 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Sheffield?

37 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 2,178 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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