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Short-term rentals in Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is the 232nd-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 652 listings, 73% on Airbnb. 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by Cottages.com (25 listings).

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Tracked listings
652
Market rank
#232 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Shepton Mallet

In Shepton Mallet, Airbnb leads with 474 listings (73%), 2.7× the 178 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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 652 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

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 15% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 103 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 64% of that. The other 27 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
20%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
44%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 288
  • 2–5 listings 174
  • 6–25 listings 60
  • 26+ (professional) 130

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 55% of Shepton Mallet's classified listings, followed by Unique & outdoor (15%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 357
  • Unique & outdoor 95
  • B&Bs & guest houses 82
  • Apartments & flats 57
  • Private & shared rooms 42
  • Hotels & hostels 13
  • Other 6

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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Largest operators in Shepton Mallet, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 25 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 21 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
3 Sykes Holiday Cottages 20 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
4 Guesthoo 10 4.82 / 5 8.7 / 10 16,142
5 Travelnest Ltd 8 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073
6 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 5 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 138,189
7 Hoseasons 4 4.66 / 5 8.6 / 10 11,713
8 Dorset Hideaways 3 4.86 / 5 9.0 / 10 1,585
9 Finest Retreats 2 4.64 / 5 8.5 / 10 13,960
10 Rococo Of Bath 2 4.90 / 5 9.1 / 10 7,495

The other 3 professional operators in Shepton Mallet

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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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Shepton Mallet market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Shepton Mallet?

Shepton Mallet has 652 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 474 on Airbnb and 178 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 25 local listings.

How professionalised is the Shepton Mallet short-term rental market?

20% of Shepton Mallet's listings (130 of 652) 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: 34% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 15% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 103 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, holidaycottages.co.uk and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 64% of that. The other 27 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 474 listings (73%), 2.7× the 178 on Booking.com (27%).

How many professional operators run listings in Shepton Mallet?

13 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 652 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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