Short-term rentals in St. Andrews
St. Andrews is the 54th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 1,311 listings, 61% on Airbnb. 53% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Short Stay St Andrews (405 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,311
- Market rank
- #54 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in St. Andrews
In St. Andrews, Airbnb leads with 795 listings (61%), versus 516 on Booking.com (39%).
Where the listings are in St. Andrews
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 St. Andrews
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 577 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Stay St Andrews, Premier Stays Fife and Cottages.com — account for 92% of that. The other 124 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 53%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 22%
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 54% of St. Andrews' classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (35%).
Largest operators in St. Andrews
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 | Short Stay St Andrews | 405 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 11,814 |
| 2 | Premier Stays Fife | 76 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 584 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 47 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 12 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 10 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 6 | Travelnest Ltd | 8 | 4.56 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 95,073 |
| 7 | Clark Anderson Properties | 7 | 4.82 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,290 |
| 8 | Oliver's Travels | 6 | 4.88 / 5 | 10.0 / 10 | 732 |
| 9 | Cozyhost Short Stays | 2 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 566 |
| 10 | HelloGuest Limited | 2 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 7,597 |
The other 2 professional operators in St. Andrews
Local listings
- Adagio Aparthotel 1 listing
- Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count St. Andrews among their markets. See the full interactive St. Andrews market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How St. Andrews compares
St. Andrews ranks 54th 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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Penrith 1,340 listings
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Windermere 1,338 listings
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Northampton 1,335 listings
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Bowness-on-Windermere 1,306 listings
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Stoke on Trent 1,295 listings
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Ambleside 1,270 listings
Photo credits
- Penrith: Photo: 1326913 Clock Tower, Market Square Penrith 20240527 0058 by Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Windermere: Photo: Windermere - Main Road by Peter Trimming · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Northampton: Photo: Cole-roper northampton 1810 by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bowness-on-Windermere: Photo: Bowness on Windermere by Karl1587 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stoke on Trent: Photo: Stoke-on-Trent montage by nagualdesign · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ambleside: Photo: Shops in Ambleside (6789) by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Andrews market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in St. Andrews?
St. Andrews has 1,311 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 795 on Airbnb and 516 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in St. Andrews?
The largest professional operator in St. Andrews is Short Stay St Andrews, with 405 local listings.
How professionalised is the St. Andrews short-term rental market?
53% of St. Andrews' listings (701 of 1,311) 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: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 43% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 577 local listings between them, and the three largest — Short Stay St Andrews, Premier Stays Fife and Cottages.com — account for 92% of that. The other 124 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in St. Andrews?
In St. Andrews, Airbnb leads with 795 listings (61%), versus 516 on Booking.com (39%).
How many professional operators run listings in St. Andrews?
12 named professional operators run listings in St. Andrews. 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 1,311 public short-term rental listings in St. Andrews, 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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