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Short-term rentals in Whitstable

Whitstable has 938 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 600 on Airbnb and 338 on Booking.com. That ranks it 107th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 64% of its listings on Airbnb. 33% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Whitstable Seaside Limited (57 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
938
Market rank
#107 / 597
National share
0.2%
Named professional operators
16

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Whitstable

In Whitstable, Airbnb leads with 600 listings (64%), versus 338 on Booking.com (36%).

Where the listings are in Whitstable

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 938 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Whitstable

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 298 local listings between them, and the three largest — Whitstable Seaside Limited, holidaycottages.co.uk and Keepers Cottages — account for 51% of that. The other 16 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
33%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
40%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 374
  • 2–5 listings 148
  • 6–25 listings 102
  • 26+ (professional) 314

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 67% of Whitstable's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (18%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 626
  • Apartments & flats 166
  • Unique & outdoor 59
  • B&Bs & guest houses 43
  • Private & shared rooms 35
  • Hotels & hostels 9

Largest operators in Whitstable

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 Whitstable, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Whitstable Seaside Limited 57 4.76 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,557
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 54 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Keepers Cottages 40 4.82 / 5 8.9 / 10 3,824
4 Cottages.com 38 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
5 Pristine Clean Holiday Homes 35 4.60 / 5 8.1 / 10 657
6 Cumbrian Cottage Holidays 22 4.87 / 5 9.1 / 10 77,518
7 Sykes Holiday Cottages 17 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
8 Pass the Keys 12 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
9 Bloom Stays 6 4.87 / 5 9.0 / 10 3,516
10 Travelnest Ltd 4 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 99,168

The other 6 professional operators in Whitstable

Local listings

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

How Whitstable compares

Whitstable ranks 107th 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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Whitstable market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Whitstable?

Whitstable has 938 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 600 on Airbnb and 338 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Whitstable is Whitstable Seaside Limited, with 57 local listings.

How professionalised is the Whitstable short-term rental market?

33% of Whitstable's listings (314 of 938) 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: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 27% on Airbnb. The 16 named professional operators run 298 local listings between them, and the three largest — Whitstable Seaside Limited, holidaycottages.co.uk and Keepers Cottages — account for 51% of that. The other 16 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Whitstable?

In Whitstable, Airbnb leads with 600 listings (64%), versus 338 on Booking.com (36%).

How many professional operators run listings in Whitstable?

16 named professional operators run listings in Whitstable. 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 938 public short-term rental listings in Whitstable, 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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