Short-term rentals in Torquay
Torquay has 1,425 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 852 on Airbnb and 573 on Booking.com. That ranks it 42nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 38% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Cottages.com (127 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,425
- Market rank
- #42 / 597
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 21
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Torquay
In Torquay, Airbnb leads with 852 listings (60%), versus 573 on Booking.com (40%).
Where the listings are in Torquay
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 Torquay
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 409 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 67% of that. The other 134 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 38%
- 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.
Listings by property type
Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 37% of Torquay's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (36%).
Largest operators in Torquay
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 | Cottages.com | 127 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 221,687 |
| 2 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 91 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 184,961 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 57 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 82,888 |
| 4 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 28 | 4.84 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,199 |
| 5 | Bay and Beyond Getaways | 21 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,129 |
| 6 | Fresh Escapes | 16 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 1,600 |
| 7 | Interhome | 13 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,430 |
| 8 | Cornwall Hideaways | 11 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 2,551 |
| 9 | Travelnest Ltd | 10 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 99,168 |
| 10 | Finest Stays | 7 | 4.78 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 409 |
The other 11 professional operators in Torquay
Local listings
- ALSENED LTD 5 listings
- Finest Retreats 4 listings
- Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 3 listings
- Luxury Cottages 3 listings
- Rose Platinum Properties 3 listings
- Your.Rentals 3 listings
- Archibo Ltd 2 listings
- Unique Holiday Stays 2 listings
- Coast Holiday Homes 1 listing
- Oliver's Travels 1 listing
- Staybridge Suites 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Torquay among their markets. See the full interactive Torquay market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Torquay compares
Torquay ranks 42nd 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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Coventry 1,591 listings
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Keswick 1,508 listings
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Colchester 1,507 listings
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Tenby 1,388 listings
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Exeter 1,373 listings
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Dartmouth 1,368 listings
Photo credits
- Coventry: Photo: Broadgate and Precincts - geograph.org.uk - 554599 by E Gammie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Keswick: Photo: Market Square, Keswick - geograph.org.uk - 387633 by Roger Cornfoot · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Colchester: Photo: Colchester town center by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Tenby: Photo: Tenby Harbour - geograph.org.uk - 1546498 by RAY JONES · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Exeter: Photo: Exeter from Haldon by Nilfanion · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Dartmouth: Photo: Dartmouth.town.750pix by Arpingstone · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Torquay market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Torquay?
Torquay has 1,425 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 852 on Airbnb and 573 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Torquay?
The largest professional operator in Torquay is Cottages.com, with 127 local listings.
How professionalised is the Torquay short-term rental market?
38% of Torquay's listings (543 of 1,425) 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: 42% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 36% on Airbnb. The 21 named professional operators run 409 local listings between them, and the three largest — Cottages.com, Sykes Holiday Cottages and holidaycottages.co.uk — account for 67% of that. The other 134 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Torquay?
In Torquay, Airbnb leads with 852 listings (60%), versus 573 on Booking.com (40%).
How many professional operators run listings in Torquay?
21 named professional operators run listings in Torquay. 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 1,425 public short-term rental listings in Torquay, 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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