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Short-term rentals in Thirsk

Thirsk has 467 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 299 on Airbnb and 168 on Booking.com. That ranks it 384th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 51% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (80 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
467
Market rank
#384 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
12

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Thirsk

In Thirsk, Airbnb leads with 299 listings (64%), versus 168 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Thirsk

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 467 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Thirsk

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 63% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 45% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 222 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 77% of that. The other 17 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
51%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
25%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 118
  • 2–5 listings 73
  • 6–25 listings 37
  • 26+ (professional) 239

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 67% of Thirsk's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (11%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 313
  • B&Bs & guest houses 52
  • Apartments & flats 49
  • Unique & outdoor 31
  • Hotels & hostels 13
  • Private & shared rooms 7
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Thirsk

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 Thirsk, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 80 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 Cottages.com 60 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 holidaycottages.co.uk 30 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
4 Finest Retreats 22 4.65 / 5 8.5 / 10 14,946
5 Harrison Holidays 7 4.65 / 5 8.4 / 10 226
6 Norfolk Hideaways 6 4.75 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,836
7 NORTH YORKSHIRE COTTAGE HOLIDAYS LTD 6 4.72 / 5 8.7 / 10 492
8 Wigwam Holidays 3 4.83 / 5 9.3 / 10 9,685
9 Yorkshire Escapes 3 4.91 / 5 — 1,508
10 HelloGuest Limited 2 4.71 / 5 8.1 / 10 8,648

The other 2 professional operators in Thirsk

Local listings

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

How Thirsk compares

Thirsk ranks 384th 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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Thirsk market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Thirsk?

Thirsk has 467 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 299 on Airbnb and 168 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Thirsk is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 80 local listings.

How professionalised is the Thirsk short-term rental market?

51% of Thirsk's listings (239 of 467) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 63% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 45% on Airbnb. The 12 named professional operators run 222 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 77% of that. The other 17 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Thirsk?

In Thirsk, Airbnb leads with 299 listings (64%), versus 168 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Thirsk?

12 named professional operators run listings in Thirsk. 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 467 public short-term rental listings in Thirsk, 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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