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Short-term rentals in Wakefield

Wakefield has 507 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 312 on Airbnb and 195 on Booking.com. That ranks it 343rd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 62% of its listings on Airbnb. 25% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Pass the Property (26 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
507
Market rank
#343 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Wakefield

In Wakefield, Airbnb leads with 312 listings (62%), versus 195 on Booking.com (38%).

Where the listings are in Wakefield

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 507 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Wakefield

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 23% of Airbnb listings and 27% of Booking.com listings. The 16 named professional operators run 91 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Property, Hayy Apart|Hotels and stayful.co.uk — account for 58% of that. The other 34 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
25%
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.

  • Single listing 136
  • 2–5 listings 141
  • 6–25 listings 105
  • 26+ (professional) 125

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 39% of Wakefield's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (29%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 197
  • Apartments & flats 145
  • Private & shared rooms 89
  • B&Bs & guest houses 34
  • Hotels & hostels 27
  • Unique & outdoor 15

Largest operators in Wakefield

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 Wakefield, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Pass the Property 26 4.59 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,643
2 Hayy Apart|Hotels 16 4.03 / 5 7.4 / 10 3,516
3 stayful.co.uk 11 4.69 / 5 7.8 / 10 1,704
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 7 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Cottages.com 4 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
6 holidaycottages.co.uk 4 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
7 KAF Properties 4 4.70 / 5 8.4 / 10 1,419
8 My Property Host 4 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
9 Host & Stay 3 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959
10 Staybridge Suites 3 4.45 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,026,578

The other 6 professional operators in Wakefield

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

How Wakefield compares

Wakefield ranks 343rd 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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Wakefield market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Wakefield?

Wakefield has 507 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 312 on Airbnb and 195 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Wakefield is Pass the Property, with 26 local listings.

How professionalised is the Wakefield short-term rental market?

25% of Wakefield's listings (125 of 507) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 23% of Airbnb listings and 27% of Booking.com listings. The 16 named professional operators run 91 local listings between them, and the three largest — Pass the Property, Hayy Apart|Hotels and stayful.co.uk — account for 58% of that. The other 34 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Wakefield?

In Wakefield, Airbnb leads with 312 listings (62%), versus 195 on Booking.com (38%).

How many professional operators run listings in Wakefield?

16 named professional operators run listings in Wakefield. 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 507 public short-term rental listings in Wakefield, 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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