Short-term rentals in Orkney
Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2.3× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 6 listings locally.
Explore the interactive Orkney reportData updated
- Tracked listings
- 271
- Market rank
- #561 / 598
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Professional operators
- 3
Listing mix by platform in Orkney
Where the listings are in Orkney
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.
What the Orkney short-term rental supply looks like
Listings by property type
How Orkney's tracked listings split across property types on each platform.
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Largest operators in Orkney
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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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sykes Holiday Cottages | 6 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 131,996 |
| 2 | Prestige Holiday | 3 | — | 8.5 / 10 | 37,856 |
| 3 | Travelnest Ltd | 2 | 4.38 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 47,351 |
All 3 professional operators in Orkney
- Sykes Holiday Cottages (6)
- Prestige Holiday (3)
- Travelnest Ltd (2)
Operators are indexed when they run at least 26 listings nationally and count Orkney among their markets. See the full interactive Orkney market report for the map, charts, and operator comparison.
How Orkney compares
Orkney ranks 561st of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with under 0.1% of national supply. Markets of similar size:
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Seaton 278 listings
- South Hayling 275 listings
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Snettisham 273 listings
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Brancaster 268 listings
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Campbeltown 261 listings
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Thornham 260 listings
Photo credits
- Seaton: Photo: YellowTram by Light current at English Wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Snettisham: Photo: St Mary, Snettisham - geograph.org.uk - 1163230 by John Salmon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Brancaster: Photo: Brancaster village sign - geograph.org.uk - 265542 by Martin Pearman · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Campbeltown: Photo: Campbeltown seafront by J M Briscoe · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thornham: Photo: UK Thornham (Norfolk) by Uksignpix · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Orkney market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Orkney?
Orkney has 271 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 190 on Airbnb and 81 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Orkney?
The largest professional operator in Orkney is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 6 local listings.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Orkney?
Airbnb is bigger in Orkney, with 190 listings against 81 on Booking.com.
How many professional operators run listings in Orkney?
3 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) have a tracked presence in Orkney. 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 271 public short-term rental listings in Orkney, 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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