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Short-term rentals in Woolacombe

Woolacombe is the 297th-largest of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom: 560 listings, 58% on Airbnb. 58% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 39%, led by holidaycottages.co.uk (106 listings).

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Tracked listings
560
Market rank
#297 / 597
National share
under 0.1%
Named professional operators
11

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Woolacombe

In Woolacombe, Airbnb leads with 323 listings (58%), versus 237 on Booking.com (42%).

Where the listings are in Woolacombe

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 560 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Woolacombe

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 46% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 235 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Woolacombe Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 83% of that. The other 90 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
58%
Median market
39%
Single-listing hosts
14%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 81
  • 2–5 listings 57
  • 6–25 listings 97
  • 26+ (professional) 325

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 46% of Woolacombe's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (46%).

  • Apartments & flats 260
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 259
  • Unique & outdoor 30
  • B&Bs & guest houses 7
  • Hotels & hostels 2
  • Private & shared rooms 2

Largest operators in Woolacombe

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 Woolacombe, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 holidaycottages.co.uk 106 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 73,474
2 Woolacombe Cottages 46 4.37 / 5 8.1 / 10 251
3 Cottages.com 43 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 217,587
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 14 4.70 / 5 8.9 / 10 179,990
5 Luxury Coastal 9 4.78 / 5 8.9 / 10 8,877
6 TJS Properties 6 4.54 / 5 7.8 / 10 2,797
7 Hoseasons 3 4.66 / 5 8.6 / 10 11,713
8 Marsdens Devon Cottages 3 4.63 / 5 196
9 My Favourite Cottages 3 4.76 / 5 9.1 / 10 952
10 Travelnest Ltd 1 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 95,073

The other 1 professional operator in Woolacombe

Local listings

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

How Woolacombe compares

Woolacombe ranks 297th 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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Woolacombe market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Woolacombe?

Woolacombe has 560 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 323 on Airbnb and 237 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Woolacombe is holidaycottages.co.uk, with 106 local listings.

How professionalised is the Woolacombe short-term rental market?

58% of Woolacombe's listings (325 of 560) 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: 74% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 46% on Airbnb. The 11 named professional operators run 235 local listings between them, and the three largest — holidaycottages.co.uk, Woolacombe Cottages and Cottages.com — account for 83% of that. The other 90 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Woolacombe?

In Woolacombe, Airbnb leads with 323 listings (58%), versus 237 on Booking.com (42%).

How many professional operators run listings in Woolacombe?

11 named professional operators run listings in Woolacombe. 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 560 public short-term rental listings in Woolacombe, 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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