Short-term rentals in Whitby
Whitby is the 15th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 3,107 listings, split almost evenly between Booking.com (50%) and Airbnb (50%). 64% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (642 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 3,107
- Market rank
- #15 / 597
- National share
- 0.5%
- Named professional operators
- 17
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Whitby
In Whitby, supply is split almost evenly: 1,555 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 1,552 on Airbnb (50%).
Where the listings are in Whitby
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 Whitby
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 58% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 1,807 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Host & Stay — account for 78% of that. The other 175 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 64%
- Median market
- 39%
- Single-listing hosts
- 16%
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 64% of Whitby's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (26%).
Largest operators in Whitby
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 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 642 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 179,990 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 412 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 217,587 |
| 3 | Host & Stay | 362 | 4.57 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 59,134 |
| 4 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 268 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 73,474 |
| 5 | Ingrid Flute'S Yorks Hol Cottages | 44 | 4.60 / 5 | — | 428 |
| 6 | Finest Retreats | 28 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 13,960 |
| 7 | Port Isaac Bay Holidays | 11 | 4.85 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 138,189 |
| 8 | Pass the Property | 9 | 4.61 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 4,652 |
| 9 | Stays York | 8 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 12,568 |
| 10 | Yorkshire Escapes | 7 | 4.91 / 5 | — | 1,418 |
The other 7 professional operators in Whitby
Local listings
- WelcomeLets Yorkshire 6 listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 4 listings
- Interhome 2 listings
- Archibo Ltd 1 listing
- Prim Short Stays Ltd 1 listing
- The Cricketers Inn 1 listing
- Travelnest Ltd 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Whitby among their markets. See the full interactive Whitby market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Whitby compares
Whitby ranks 15th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Leeds 3,800 listings
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Nottingham 3,462 listings
- Blackpool 3,171 listings
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Oxford 2,871 listings
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Inverness 2,822 listings
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Bath 2,818 listings
Photo credits
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- Oxford: Photo: Oxford from Boars Hill by Andrew Gray · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Inverness: Photo: Invernessmixed by Northlimitation · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bath: Photo: Bath Somerset 2023 -City- by-RaBoe 055 by Raboe001 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Whitby market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Whitby?
Whitby has 3,107 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,552 on Airbnb and 1,555 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Whitby?
The largest professional operator in Whitby is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 642 local listings.
How professionalised is the Whitby short-term rental market?
64% of Whitby's listings (1,982 of 3,107) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (39%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 69% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 58% on Airbnb. The 17 named professional operators run 1,807 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, Cottages.com and Host & Stay — account for 78% of that. The other 175 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Whitby?
In Whitby, supply is split almost evenly: 1,555 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 1,552 on Airbnb (50%).
How many professional operators run listings in Whitby?
17 named professional operators run listings in Whitby. 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 3,107 public short-term rental listings in Whitby, 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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