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Short-term rentals in Plymouth

Local supply skews to Airbnb, with 2.2× the Booking.com inventory. Its largest professional operator, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 85 listings locally.

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Tracked listings
1,784
Market rank
#34 / 598
National share
0.3%
Professional operators
25

Listing mix by platform in Plymouth

Where the listings are in Plymouth

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 1,784 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

What the Plymouth short-term rental supply looks like

Listings by property type

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

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 672
  • Apartments & flats 622
  • Private & shared rooms 184
  • B&Bs & guest houses 115
  • Hotels & hostels 109
  • Unique & outdoor 82

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 551
  • 2–5 listings 417
  • 6–25 listings 349
  • 26+ (professional) 467

Largest operators in Plymouth

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 Plymouth, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Sykes Holiday Cottages 85 4.67 / 5 8.9 / 10 131,996
2 Cottages.com 65 4.76 / 5 9.0 / 10 184,368
3 Holidaycottages.Co.Uk 23 4.73 / 5 8.9 / 10 35,230
4 Finest Retreats 12 4.60 / 5 8.6 / 10 9,583
5 Guesthoo 10 4.81 / 5 8.8 / 10 15,329
6 Ava And Team 9 4.20 / 5 7.5 / 10 24,516
7 Toad Hall Cottages 9 4.76 / 5 781
8 STAE-Homes 8 4.58 / 5 8.5 / 10 2,477
9 Travelnest Ltd 8 4.38 / 5 8.1 / 10 47,351
10 Marsdens Devon Cottages 5 4.68 / 5 1,922

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

How Plymouth compares

Plymouth ranks 34th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.3% of national supply. Markets of similar size:

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Plymouth market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Plymouth?

Plymouth has 1,784 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 1,230 on Airbnb and 554 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Plymouth is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 85 local listings.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Plymouth?

Airbnb is bigger in Plymouth, with 1,230 listings against 554 on Booking.com.

How many professional operators run listings in Plymouth?

25 professional operators (26+ listings nationally) have a tracked presence in Plymouth. 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 1,784 public short-term rental listings in Plymouth, 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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