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Short-term rentals in Ballater

Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Cottages.com, runs 93 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
525
Market rank
#354 / 598
National share
under 0.1%
Professional operators
10

Listing mix by platform in Ballater

Where the listings are in Ballater

The dots are a representative sample of tracked short-term rentals — Airbnb in red, Booking.com in blue. Zoom and pan here, or open the full report for filters, operator overlays, and the listing-level view.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 525 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Ballater short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

How Ballater's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 372
  • Apartments & flats 50
  • B&Bs & guest houses 45
  • Unique & outdoor 33
  • Hotels & hostels 17
  • Private & shared rooms 8

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 175
  • 2–5 listings 164
  • 6–25 listings 23
  • 26+ (professional) 163

Largest operators in Ballater

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 Ballater, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Cottages.com 93 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 184,368
2 Sykes Holiday Cottages 27 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 131,996
3 Daniel - Interhome 10 4.64 / 5 8.6 / 10 2,188
4 Holidaycottages.Co.Uk 6 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 35,230
5 Port Isaac Bay Holidays 2 4.85 / 5 9.1 / 10 95,429
6 Prestige Holiday 2 8.5 / 10 37,856
7 Travelnest Ltd 2 4.38 / 5 8.1 / 10 47,351
8 Discover Scotland 1 4.82 / 5 1,024
9 Hoseasons 1 8.7 / 10 8,945
10 Original Cottages - Northumberland 1 4.73 / 5 923

Operators are indexed when they run at least 26 listings nationally and count Ballater among their markets. See the full interactive Ballater market report for the map, charts, and operator comparison.

How Ballater compares

Ballater ranks 354th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of national supply. Markets of similar size:

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Ballater market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Ballater?

Ballater has 525 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 350 on Airbnb and 175 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Ballater is Cottages.com, with 93 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ballater?

Airbnb is bigger in Ballater, with 350 listings against 175 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Ballater?

10 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) have a tracked presence in Ballater. 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 525 public short-term rental listings in Ballater, matching Airbnb and Booking.com supply to the operators who run it. Operators shown have at least 26 listings on Airbnb or Booking.com nationally. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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