Short-term rentals in Shepton Mallet
Shepton Mallet has 655 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 476 on Airbnb and 179 on Booking.com. That ranks it 232nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 73% of its listings on Airbnb. 22% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (28 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 655
- Market rank
- #232 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Shepton Mallet
In Shepton Mallet, Airbnb leads with 476 listings (73%), 2.7× the 179 on Booking.com (27%).
Where the listings are in Shepton Mallet
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 Shepton Mallet
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 110 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 65% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 22%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 43%
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 55% of Shepton Mallet's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (15%).
Largest operators in Shepton Mallet
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 | Cottages.com | 28 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 22 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 21 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 4 | Lineage Property Group Ltd | 16 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.2 / 10 | 2,391 |
| 5 | Travelnest Ltd | 8 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 6 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 7 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 7 | Dorset Hideaways | 3 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 2,299 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 2 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 9 | Curated Property | 1 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 4,662 |
| 10 | HelloGuest Limited | 1 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 8,648 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Shepton Mallet among their markets. See the full interactive Shepton Mallet market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Shepton Mallet compares
Shepton Mallet ranks 232nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Sheringham 656 listings
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Ludlow 655 listings
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Seahouses 655 listings
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Morpeth 650 listings
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Cockermouth 648 listings
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Milford Haven 648 listings
Photo credits
- Sheringham: Photo: Sheringham 24th Jan 2008 (1) by Stavros1 at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ludlow: Photo: A frosty Ludlow by Shropshire&TelfordTSB · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Seahouses: Photo: Seahouses (2021-05-26) 07 by Simon Cobb · CC0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Morpeth: Photo: Morpeth Old Gatehouse by Glen Bowman from Newcastle, England · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cockermouth: Photo: Cockermouth Church by Tim Herrick from Sheffield, UK · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Milford Haven: Photo: A4076 Hamilton Terrace, Milford Haven - geograph.org.uk - 1637380 by Colin Park · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Shepton Mallet market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Shepton Mallet?
Shepton Mallet has 655 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 476 on Airbnb and 179 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Shepton Mallet?
The largest professional operator in Shepton Mallet is Cottages.com, with 28 local listings.
How professionalised is the Shepton Mallet short-term rental market?
22% of Shepton Mallet's listings (147 of 655) 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: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 110 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 65% of that. The other 37 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Shepton Mallet?
In Shepton Mallet, Airbnb leads with 476 listings (73%), 2.7× the 179 on Booking.com (27%).
How many professional operators run listings in Shepton Mallet?
11 named professional operators run listings in Shepton Mallet. 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 655 public short-term rental listings in Shepton Mallet, 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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