Short-term rentals in Taunton
Taunton is the 205th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 684 listings, 68% on Airbnb. 28% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (43 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 684
- Market rank
- #205 / 597
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 16
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Taunton
In Taunton, Airbnb leads with 463 listings (68%), 2.1× the 221 on Booking.com (32%).
Where the listings are in Taunton
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 Taunton
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 67% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 28%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 38%
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 52% of Taunton's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (15%).
Largest operators in Taunton
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 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 43 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 36 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 3 | Cottages.com | 31 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 4 | Norfolk Hideaways | 12 | 4.75 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 4,767 |
| 5 | CoHost Partners | 10 | 4.42 / 5 | 7.6 / 10 | 2,614 |
| 6 | My Property Host | 5 | 4.29 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 15,689 |
| 7 | The Best of Exmoor | 5 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 3,917 |
| 8 | Finest Retreats | 4 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 9 | Host & Stay | 4 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 10 | Guesthoo | 3 | 4.82 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 16,142 |
The other 6 professional operators in Taunton
Local listings
- Hinkley Homes Ltd 3 listings
- Cornwall Hideaways 2 listings
- Staybridge Suites 2 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 2 listings
- Luxury Cottages 1 listing
- Port Isaac Bay Holidays 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Taunton among their markets. See the full interactive Taunton market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Taunton compares
Taunton ranks 205th 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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Darlington 688 listings
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Criccieth 685 listings
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Henley on Thames 685 listings
- Saint Albans 683 listings
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Reighton 678 listings
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Tiverton 677 listings
Photo credits
- Darlington: Photo: Darlo town centre by Dan892k9 · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Criccieth: Photo: Criccieth beach by James@hopgrove at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Henley on Thames: Photo: Town Hall, Henley - geograph.org.uk - 36320 by Colin Bates · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Reighton: Photo: Reighton St Peters November 2008 (Nigel Coates) by Nigel Coates ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tiverton: Photo: River Exe by en:User:Lew747 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Taunton market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Taunton?
Taunton has 684 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 463 on Airbnb and 221 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Taunton?
The largest professional operator in Taunton is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 43 local listings.
How professionalised is the Taunton short-term rental market?
28% of Taunton's listings (189 of 684) 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: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 164 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Sykes Holiday Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 67% of that. The other 25 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Taunton?
In Taunton, Airbnb leads with 463 listings (68%), 2.1× the 221 on Booking.com (32%).
How many professional operators run listings in Taunton?
16 named professional operators run listings in Taunton. 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 684 public short-term rental listings in Taunton, 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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