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Short-term rentals in York

York has 4,304 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 2,582 on Airbnb and 1,722 on Booking.com. That ranks it 9th of 597 short-term rental markets across the United Kingdom, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 39% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 41%, led by Stays York (393 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
4,304
Market rank
#9 / 597
National share
0.7%
Named professional operators
42

Airbnb vs Booking.com in York

In York, Airbnb leads with 2,582 listings (60%), versus 1,722 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in York

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 4,304 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in York

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 42 named professional operators run 1,356 local listings between them, and the three largest — Stays York, Cottages.com and York Boutique Lets — account for 57% of that. The other 324 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
39%
Median market
41%
Single-listing hosts
21%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 907
  • 2–5 listings 833
  • 6–25 listings 884
  • 26+ (professional) 1,680

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 42% of York's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (41%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,811
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,759
  • Private & shared rooms 263
  • B&Bs & guest houses 243
  • Hotels & hostels 120
  • Unique & outdoor 106
  • Other 2

Largest operators in York

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 York, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Stays York 393 4.71 / 5 8.9 / 10 12,706
2 Cottages.com 261 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 221,687
3 York Boutique Lets 118 4.72 / 5 8.8 / 10 6,856
4 Sykes Holiday Cottages 109 4.69 / 5 8.9 / 10 184,961
5 Pass the Keys 94 4.75 / 5 8.1 / 10 63,230
6 My Property Host 46 4.28 / 5 7.4 / 10 15,849
7 CITY APARTMENTS 43 4.13 / 5 7.6 / 10 10,533
8 Archibo Ltd 42 4.77 / 5 9.0 / 10 4,356
9 holidaycottages.co.uk 42 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 82,888
10 Wheelwrights Cottages Limited 40 4.74 / 5 8.6 / 10 3,192

The other 32 professional operators in York

Local listings

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

How York compares

York ranks 9th of 597 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.7% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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York market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in York?

York has 4,304 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 2,582 on Airbnb and 1,722 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in York is Stays York, with 393 local listings.

How professionalised is the York short-term rental market?

39% of York's listings (1,680 of 4,304) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 597 markets across the United Kingdom (41%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 47% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Airbnb. The 42 named professional operators run 1,356 local listings between them, and the three largest — Stays York, Cottages.com and York Boutique Lets — account for 57% of that. The other 324 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in York?

In York, Airbnb leads with 2,582 listings (60%), versus 1,722 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in York?

42 named professional operators run listings in York. 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 4,304 public short-term rental listings in York, 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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