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Short-term rentals in Worcester

Worcester has 897 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 562 on Airbnb and 335 on Booking.com. That ranks it 122nd of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 63% of its listings on Airbnb. 21% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 41%, led by Sykes Holiday Cottages (46 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
897
Market rank
#122 / 597
National share
0.1%
Named professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Worcester

In Worcester, Airbnb leads with 562 listings (63%), versus 335 on Booking.com (37%).

Where the listings are in Worcester

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 897 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Worcester

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 130 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Host & Stay — account for 75% of that. The other 58 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
21%
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.

  • Single listing 251
  • 2–5 listings 205
  • 6–25 listings 253
  • 26+ (professional) 188

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 43% of Worcester's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (31%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 387
  • Apartments & flats 277
  • Private & shared rooms 86
  • B&Bs & guest houses 69
  • Unique & outdoor 47
  • Hotels & hostels 31

Largest operators in Worcester

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 Worcester, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 46 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
2 holidaycottages.co.uk 30 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
3 Host & Stay 21 4.57 / 5 8.3 / 10 59,959
4 Cottages.com 10 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
5 Signature Stays 8 4.72 / 5 8.4 / 10 609
6 Red Kite Stays 6 4.79 / 5 8.9 / 10 6,959
7 Bolthole Retreats 2 4.82 / 5 9.0 / 10 7,128
8 stayhosted.co.uk 2 4.74 / 5 8.4 / 10 540
9 Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 4.82 / 5 8.0 / 10 302,031
10 Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 1 4.88 / 5 9.3 / 10 2,036

The other 3 professional operators in Worcester

Local listings

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

How Worcester compares

Worcester ranks 122nd of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Worcester market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Worcester?

Worcester has 897 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 562 on Airbnb and 335 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Worcester is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 46 local listings.

How professionalised is the Worcester short-term rental market?

21% of Worcester's listings (188 of 897) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 13 named professional operators run 130 local listings between them, and the three largest — Sykes Holiday Cottages, holidaycottages.co.uk and Host & Stay — account for 75% of that. The other 58 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Worcester?

In Worcester, Airbnb leads with 562 listings (63%), versus 335 on Booking.com (37%).

How many professional operators run listings in Worcester?

13 named professional operators run listings in Worcester. 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 897 public short-term rental listings in Worcester, 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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