Short-term rentals in Southwold
Southwold is the 104th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 941 listings, 55% on Airbnb. 81% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (244 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 941
- Market rank
- #104 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Southwold
In Southwold, Airbnb leads with 520 listings (55%), versus 421 on Booking.com (45%).
Where the listings are in Southwold
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 Southwold
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 93% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 72% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 618 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Durrants Holiday Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 78% of that. The other 148 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 81%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 8%
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 82% of Southwold's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (13%).
Largest operators in Southwold
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 244 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Durrants Holiday Cottages | 126 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 854 |
| 3 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 114 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 4 | Stay in Suffolk | 84 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 13,417 |
| 5 | Suffolk Secrets | 32 | 4.69 / 5 | — | 381 |
| 6 | Norfolk Hideaways | 10 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,767 |
| 7 | Cottages.com | 5 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 8 | Aldeburgh Coastal Cottages | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 4,986 |
| 9 | Your.Rentals | 1 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 11,822 |
Browse the full United Kingdom operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Southwold among their markets. See the full interactive Southwold market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Southwold compares
Southwold ranks 104th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Airdrie 956 listings
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Peterborough 950 listings
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Bude 942 listings
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Sunderland 941 listings
- Windsor 939 listings
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Whitstable 937 listings
Photo credits
- Airdrie: Photo: Airdrie by Chris Upson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Peterborough: Photo: Peterborough Cathedral March 2010 by NotFromUtrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bude: Photo: Bude 01 River Neet by Manfred Heyde · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sunderland: Photo: Church Street East, Sunderland by Reading Tom · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Whitstable: Photo: Whitstable, Kent (39956504163) by John Fielding from Norwich, UK · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Southwold market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Southwold?
Southwold has 941 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 520 on Airbnb and 421 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Southwold?
The largest professional operator in Southwold is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 244 local listings.
How professionalised is the Southwold short-term rental market?
81% of Southwold's listings (766 of 941) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 93% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 72% on Airbnb. The 9 named professional operators run 618 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Durrants Holiday Cottages and Sykes Holiday Cottages — account for 78% of that. The other 148 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Southwold?
In Southwold, Airbnb leads with 520 listings (55%), versus 421 on Booking.com (45%).
How many professional operators run listings in Southwold?
9 named professional operators run listings in Southwold. 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 941 public short-term rental listings in Southwold, 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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