Short-term rentals in Stafford
Stafford has 519 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 320 on Airbnb and 199 on Booking.com. That ranks it 330th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 29% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (72 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 519
- Market rank
- #330 / 597
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 11
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Stafford
In Stafford, Airbnb leads with 320 listings (62%), versus 199 on Booking.com (38%).
Where the listings are in Stafford
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 Stafford
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 117 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 79% of that. The other 33 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 29%
- Median market
- 41%
- Single-listing hosts
- 27%
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 Stafford's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (16%).
Largest operators in Stafford
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 72 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 2 | Pass the Keys | 11 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 63,230 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 9 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 8 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 5 | ALSENED LTD | 6 | 3.38 / 5 | 6.4 / 10 | 153,888 |
| 6 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 5 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 7 | Your.Rentals | 2 | 4.59 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 14,423 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 1 | 4.65 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 14,946 |
| 9 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 1 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 10 | Staybridge Suites | 1 | 4.45 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 1,026,578 |
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Stafford among their markets. See the full interactive Stafford market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Stafford compares
Stafford ranks 330th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Halifax 523 listings
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Newtown 523 listings
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Ramsgate 519 listings
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Bacton 518 listings
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Welshpool 518 listings
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Cirencester 517 listings
Photo credits
- Halifax: Photo: Halifax view from Beacon Hill by Mr Barndoor ( talk ) · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Newtown: Photo: Newtown, Wales by artq55 · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ramsgate: Photo: Ramsgate aerial image (45950507215) by John Fielding from Norwich, UK · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bacton: Photo: UK Bacton (Suffolk) by Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Welshpool: Photo: High Street, Welshpool - geograph.org.uk - 212594 by OLU · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Cirencester: Photo: Cirencester StJohnBaptistChurch by Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Stafford market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Stafford?
Stafford has 519 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 320 on Airbnb and 199 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Stafford?
The largest professional operator in Stafford is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 72 local listings.
How professionalised is the Stafford short-term rental market?
29% of Stafford's listings (150 of 519) 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: 43% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 20% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 117 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Pass the Keys and Cottages.com — account for 79% of that. The other 33 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Stafford?
In Stafford, Airbnb leads with 320 listings (62%), versus 199 on Booking.com (38%).
How many professional operators run listings in Stafford?
11 named professional operators run listings in Stafford. 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 519 public short-term rental listings in Stafford, 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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