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Short-term rentals in Swindon

Swindon has 978 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 627 on Airbnb and 351 on Booking.com. That ranks it 95th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 26% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (25 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
978
Market rank
#95 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
18

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Swindon

In Swindon, Airbnb leads with 627 listings (64%), versus 351 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Swindon

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 978 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Swindon

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 98 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Prim Short Stays Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 62% of that. The other 159 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
26%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 270
  • 2–5 listings 237
  • 6–25 listings 214
  • 26+ (professional) 257

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 36% of Swindon's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (35%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 348
  • Apartments & flats 342
  • Private & shared rooms 157
  • B&Bs & guest houses 67
  • Unique & outdoor 41
  • Hotels & hostels 23

Largest operators in Swindon

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 Swindon, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 25 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Prim Short Stays Ltd 21 4.33 / 5 6.9 / 10 3,067
3 Cottages.com 15 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
4 Bellaire Stays 7 4.04 / 5 7.1 / 10 317
5 holidaycottages.co.uk 4 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
6 N and N Stays Ltd 4 4.76 / 5 7.7 / 10 255
7 HelloGuest Limited 3 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648
8 HomeUnit Group Ltd 3 4.51 / 5 7.8 / 10 281
9 Staybridge Suites 3 4.45 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,026,578
10 K Suites 2 4.25 / 5 7.4 / 10 638

The other 8 professional operators in Swindon

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Swindon among their markets. See the full interactive Swindon market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Swindon compares

Swindon ranks 95th 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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Swindon market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Swindon?

Swindon has 978 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 627 on Airbnb and 351 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Swindon?

The largest professional operator in Swindon is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 25 local listings.

How professionalised is the Swindon short-term rental market?

26% of Swindon's listings (257 of 978) 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: 32% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 23% on Airbnb. The 18 named professional operators run 98 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Prim Short Stays Ltd and Cottages.com — account for 62% of that. The other 159 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Swindon?

In Swindon, Airbnb leads with 627 listings (64%), versus 351 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Swindon?

18 named professional operators run listings in Swindon. 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 978 public short-term rental listings in Swindon, 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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