Short-term rentals in Porthcawl
Local supply is split fairly evenly between the two platforms. Its largest professional operator, Sykes Holiday Cottages, runs 60 listings locally.
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Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 768
- Market rank
- #208 / 598
- National share
- 0.1%
- Professional operators
- 14
Listing mix by platform in Porthcawl
Where the listings are in Porthcawl
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.
What the Porthcawl short-term rental supply looks like
Listings by property type
How Porthcawl'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 Porthcawl
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 | 60 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 163,699 |
| 2 | Cottages.com | 50 | 4.77 / 5 | 9.0 / 10 | 213,860 |
| 3 | holidaycottages.co.uk | 44 | 4.73 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 75,737 |
| 4 | Travelnest Ltd | 19 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 83,730 |
| 5 | Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd | 10 | 4.89 / 5 | 9.4 / 10 | 1,944 |
| 6 | Salt & City Stays | 3 | 4.86 / 5 | 9.1 / 10 | 5,287 |
| 7 | Wales Cottage Holidays | 3 | 4.69 / 5 | — | 763 |
| 8 | CoHost Partners | 2 | 4.38 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 2,867 |
| 9 | Guest Ready | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 15,447 |
| 10 | Pass the Keys | 2 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 59,990 |
All 14 professional operators in Porthcawl
Local listings
- Sykes Holiday Cottages 60 listings
- Cottages.com 50 listings
- holidaycottages.co.uk 44 listings
- Travelnest Ltd 19 listings
- Rural Retreats Holidays Ltd 10 listings
- Salt & City Stays 3 listings
- Wales Cottage Holidays 3 listings
- CoHost Partners 2 listings
- Guest Ready 2 listings
- Pass the Keys 2 listings
- Stay Gower 2 listings
- Best Western The Dartmouth Golf, Hotel and Spa 1 listing
- StayRight 1 listing
- The Cricketers Inn 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the United Kingdom and count Porthcawl among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Porthcawl market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Porthcawl compares
Porthcawl ranks 208th of 598 tracked markets in the United Kingdom, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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South Cerney 771 listings
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Beccles 769 listings
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Weston-Super-Mare 769 listings
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Aberaeron 760 listings
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Blairgowrie 759 listings
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Chapel Saint Leonards 757 listings
Photo credits
- South Cerney: Photo: All Saints Church South Cerney - geograph.org.uk - 128834 by Peter Watkins · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Beccles: Photo: St. Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, South and east faces of the tower - geograph.org.uk - 219880 by Dr Neil Clifton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Weston-Super-Mare: Photo: The three piers, Weston-super-Mare (2022) by Geof Sheppard · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Aberaeron: Photo: Aberaeron, Ceredigion, Cymru (Wales) - Gorllewin Cymru Forol - SAC Special Areas of Conservation 82 by Llywelyn2000 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Blairgowrie: Photo: View over Blairgowrie - geograph.org.uk - 1634717 by Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Chapel Saint Leonards: Photo: St.Leonards, Chapel St Leonards, Lincolnshire by Brian · CC BY-SA 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Porthcawl market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Porthcawl?
Porthcawl has 768 tracked short-term rental listings as of 2026-06-07: 496 on Airbnb and 272 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Porthcawl?
The largest professional operator in Porthcawl is Sykes Holiday Cottages, with 60 local listings.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Porthcawl?
Supply is fairly balanced: 496 Airbnb and 272 Booking.com listings.
How many professional operators run listings in Porthcawl?
14 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Porthcawl. 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 768 public short-term rental listings in Porthcawl, 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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