Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 101 Rental companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Rental Companies & Startups (London)
Residently
| Founders | Noemi Staehelin, Sam Phillips, Tom Allason |
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We’re building the world’s home brand with a digital experience that combines the freedom of renting with the rewards of owning.
Houst
| Founders | Daniel Scott, James Jenkins-Yates, Tom Jones |
| Follow | Website, Crunchbase, Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin |
Houst (prev. Airsorted) is a short-let management service that increases yields and handles everything including cleaning, laundry and keys for Airbnb accomodations.
flatfair
| Founders | Bartosz Alksnin, Daniel Jeczmien, Franz Dörr |
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Secure your rental with flatfair’s flexible solutions
Movebubble
| Founders | Aidan Rushby, Logan Estop Hall, Tony Edwards |
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Movebubble is a property rental app in London & Manchester
Home Made
| Founders | Asaf Navot, Nick Binnington |
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Home Made is a London-based property tech rental agency, focusing on mid to high end rentals. It is London’s largest hybrid agency.
Mashroom
| Founders | Alexander Badalyan, Stepan Dobrovolskiy |
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Mashroom is a proptech startup that provides end-to-end property letting services to landlords and tenants.
Howsy
| Founders | Calum Brannan |
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Howsy is a real estate management platform that provides repairs management and renewal services for landlords and tenants.
OpenRent
| Founders | Adam Hyslop, Darius Bradbury |
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OpenRent turns renting a property into a streamlined, online process offering drastically lower costs.
Hostmaker
| Founders | Deepti Patankar, Nakul Sharma |
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Hostmaker is a home rental management company.
Lavanda
| Founders | Frank Breckner, Guy Westlake |
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Lavanda is an award-winning next generation SaaS platform powering the convergence of residential real estate, hospitality and travel.
Karshare
| Founders | Andy Hibbert |
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Karshare is a community car-sharing platform.
VenueScanner
| Founders | Benjy Meyer, Rebecca Kelly |
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VenueScanner is a self-serve marketplace platform for event organisers to discover and book venues online.
Ideal Flatmate
| Founders | Robert Imonikhe, Thomas Gatzen |
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Ideal Flatmate is the first UK website dedicated to helping its users find the right flatmates.
Vesta Property
| Founders | David Toplas, Russell Gould |
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Vesta (www.vestaproperty.com) is a data-driven marketplace for buying and selling residential investment property.
elmo
| Founders | Luke Gavin, Oliver Jones |
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elmo is a mobility-as-a-service platform providing all-inclusive electric car subscriptions.
AltoVita
| Founders | Karolina Saviova, Vivi Cahyadi Himmel |
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Award-winning enterprise software layered with a human-centric approach to power the corporate accommodations sector.
TheHouseShop.com
| Founders | Nick Marr, Sebastien Goldenberg |
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The House Shop is the UK’s number 1 place for property, working with homeowners, landlords, estate agents.
Reposit
| Founders | Brendan Short, Curran McKay, Jude Greer |
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The tenancy deposit alternative. A new way of renting without the hassle of a deposit
Cazoo
| Founders | Alexander Edward Chesterman |
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Cazoo is an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
Borrow A Boat
| Founders | Matt Ovenden |
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Borrow A Boat is a Peer-to-peer boat charter and charter aggregator site.
Plum Guide
| Founders | Alex Lee, Arif Meharali, Doron Meyassed, Imran Arshed, Will Smith |
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Plum Guide is the definitive list of the world’s best vacation rentals.
YourWelcome
| Founders | Henry Bennett, Paul Loram |
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YourWelcome is a SaaS platform enabling short term rental managers to add a service layer to their business.
Drover
| Founders | Felix Leuschner, Matt Varughese |
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Drover is a mobility-as-a-service platform providing monthly, all-in car subscriptions to its end-customers.
Lyvly
| Founders | Dario Favoino, Philip Laney |
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Lyvly is a shared living and rental service that connects and helps renters find accommodation, and connect with other like minded people.
RENTUU
| Founders | Andrea Guzzoni, Dennis Helderman |
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Cloud-based technology platform and franchise network for the multi-billion pound sterling equipment hire industry.
Fat Llama
| Founders | Chaz Englander, Owen Turner-Major, Rosie Dallas |
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Fat Llama is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace which allows people to rent spare items to others nearby, fully insured.
Findingaplace
| Founders | Unknown |
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Findingaplace is revolutionizing the rental search experience, removing the need to even search at all.
Rentd
| Founders | Unknown |
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Rentd is a platform currently allowing users to conclude the entire process of renting or letting your home via an application.
Avasa AI
| Founders | Mayank Mathur |
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AI-driven platform for property search and finalisation for residential tenants.
Proptee
| Founders | Alexandru Rosianu, Benedek Toth |
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Proptee is a property investment platform.
FlowSpace
| Founders | Harry Wilson, Hayri Demirçapa, Ieva Dvilinskiene |
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FlowSpace provides flexible and on-demand access to a wide variety of inspiring team spaces.
Pad
| Founders | Alex Chin, Christopher Moon |
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Pad provides mobile lettings services.
OPEN GALLERY
| Founders | Park Gyu |
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We supply artworks of emerging Korean artists to individual and corporate customers through rental and sales in Korea.
Becave
| Founders | Andrzej Grużdź |
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Marketplace for long term rentals
EveryStay
| Founders | Florian Richter |
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EveryStay is a vacation rental market place.
By Rotation
| Founders | Eshita Kabra |
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The World’s First Social Fashion Rental App.
Accomable
| Founders | Martyn Sibley, Srin Madipalli |
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Accomable is an online marketplace for accessible properties and travel services to help people with mobility difficulties.
Getbike
| Founders | Shravya Reddy |
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Getbike is a motorcycle-sharing startup
Bike.Rent
| Founders | Doug Stoddart |
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Bike.Rent is a bike rental platform to provide a consistent, high-quality booking experience.
WinwInnKeeper
| Founders | Ivo Gospodinov, Meridith Richardson, Miroslav Gospodinov |
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WinwInnKeeper offers hotel style management services for short-term lettings.
121 Rental
| Founders | Abraham Omoyele |
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We are a hub for individuals to earn money on their vehicles and supply rental & lease vehicles to retail and business users.
PropertyLoop.co.uk
| Founders | Harpal Sira, Imran Khan, Tina Caroline Stenzel |
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PropertyLoop is an online platform that helps landlords find tenants faster & get a better service, for half the price.
latetrip.com
| Founders | Tom Davies |
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latetrip.com is on a mission to make travel spontaneous by removing the research barrier to finding the perfect destination within budget
ShareDining
| Founders | Jamie Rowles, Jevan Nagarajah, Nikhil Adwalpalkar |
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ShareDining is a commercial kitchen sourcing platform.
Whering
| Founders | Bianca Rangecroft |
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Whering is an app that allows you to digitise your wardrobe, receive styling suggestions and sustainable product recommendations.
My Friends Room
| Founders | Clare Mellor |
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My Friends Room offers rent travel accommodation from friends not strangers.
Silver Sharers
| Founders | Steven Glasper, Suzanne Noble |
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Silver Sharers is a marketplace that helps homeowners reduce social isolation by matching them with compatible long-term lodgers.
FoodStars
| Founders | Will Beresford |
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FoodStars is a startup that provides commercial kitchens to rent for food and drink companies.
Toocs
| Founders | Mandeep Singh, Navjeet Gill, Ramandeep Kaur |
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Toocs helps people reserve a local e-scooter on its Android or iOS app, ride for a small fee, and leave it at a designated drop-off point.
Othership
| Founders | Unknown |
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Flexible memberships, for flexible working in collaboration with others. Built with remote and hybrid working in mind.
Cocoon
| Founders | Ceanne Fernandes-Wong, Matt Heiman, Maya Taras-Nelson |
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Cocoon is a handbag subscription service that gives its members access to luxury designer handbags.
Roofora
| Founders | Paolo Bartolo, Tommaso Venanzoni |
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Roofora is a new exclusive and trusted marketplace specially designed for students, employers and employees.
RentLondonFlat
| Founders | Unknown |
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RentLondonFlat is a trusted accommodation service provider of flats for long-term rent in London.
Wectory
| Founders | Mikhail Balabanov |
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Landlord’s rent upfront
TravelStaytion
| Founders | Unknown |
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TravelStaytion is an online holiday rental marketplace, enables its users to list their spare property or get accommodation at lower prices.
British Land
| Founders | John Bright, Richard Cobden |
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The British Land Company is one of the largest property development and investment companies in the United Kingdom
Spacepool
| Founders | Eugene Tavyev |
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Spacepool is a tech-enabled marketplace that connects Businesses with Flexible office providers direct without any agents.
easyCar Club
| Founders | Stelios Haji-Ioannou |
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EasyCar Club helps car owners make money by renting out their cars and helps drivers save money through local car hire.
MYRENTBOAT
| Founders | Alex Lebedev, Daria Lebedeva |
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Find the best yacht rental deals Choose from 25 000 yachts online
The Zeus App
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Zeus App is a property valuation app.
Get Living
| Founders | Unknown |
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Get Living is a residential owner and rental management company that provides deposit-free renting for residents.
A2Dominion
| Founders | Unknown |
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A2Dominion Group is one of the country’s leading providers of high-quality housing and services.
Car Rental Gateway
| Founders | Indrek Uibo, Kaspar Soer, Martin Kallasmaa |
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Car Rental Gateway is a SaaS platform that is connecting suppliers and distributors on the digital car rental market.
Hire Jungle
| Founders | Unknown |
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UK’s #1 P2P renting marketplace.
One World Rental | Global IT Hire
| Founders | Unknown |
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One World Rental is the UK’s leading iPad hire, iPad rental, mac book rental, laptop rentals and tablet hire service in London.
RentProfile
| Founders | David Munday, Paul Munday |
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Powering trust for the rental market
My Property Host
| Founders | Elena Lopez, Rajiv Patel |
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Short Term Let Organiser, Home Rental Management Company
New Eelam
| Founders | Unknown |
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New Eelam are developing a new form of housing.
Satatland
| Founders | Karishma Gupta |
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Circular Fashion brand offering freedom to shop based on how often you repeat your outfits. Rent, lease or buy beautiful sustainable outfits
Dropit Shopping
| Founders | Karin Cabili |
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Dropit provides a digital handsfree shopping solution for malls and central shopping districts, delivering bags from store to door.
The Rich Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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The Rich Group is a property investment and development company in the residential and retail property market.
LetFaster
| Founders | Sara Statman |
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Automated Tenant Screening: SaaS
SpaceWays
| Founders | David Fuchs, Guy-Louis de le Vingne, Martin Twellmeyer, Robert Rebholz |
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SpaceWays provides a simple on-demand storage solution for the things you don’t have room for.
Oiko
| Founders | David Baraev, German Baraev, Nikita Naumov |
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Oiko is a web app company that offers accommodation for students and young professionals with co-living and housing services.
The Guinness Partnership
| Founders | Unknown |
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Guinness Partnership is dedicated to providing affordable housing and care services.
Airlinen
| Founders | Nicholas Bozorg |
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Airlinen – Short Let & Vacation Rental Property Replenishment & Turnaround – Linen Hire, Cleaning, Consumables, H&S, Electricals….
PetsScore
| Founders | Natasha Homer-Earley |
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Connects renters with pets to the global lettings industry through on-demand pet referencing & pet risk score for renting.
Elina PMS
| Founders | Unknown |
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Elina PMS offers web design, digital marketing and booking engine services for boutique hotels, serviced apartments and vacation rentals.
o|urmoire.
| Founders | Rosie de Malmanche |
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The Brighter way to Buy & Borrow
Outswitch
| Founders | Maxime Leufroy-Murat, Ziad Noujaim |
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Outswitch is a bespoke yield management platform tailored specifically for professional vacation rental managers.
FAXI Carpooling
| Founders | Unknown |
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FAXI Carpooling is a corporate commuting solutions provider company.
HomeRenter
| Founders | Jim Thomas, Julian Leadbeater, Sean Quinn, Will Handley |
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HomeRenter is a marketplace for private rentals, connecting tenants and private landlords.
Stanzazoo
| Founders | Unknown |
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Stanzazoo is an operator of rental accommodation platform designed for off-site young people in Italy.
Husmus
| Founders | Unknown |
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Husmus is an intelligent property assistant.
BorrowPort
| Founders | Max Zaharenkov |
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Borrowport is an online marketplace which enables users to rent items peer-to-peer.
Gridizen
| Founders | Kamran Mahmood |
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Gridizen provides an end-to-end service, using technology to connect landlords to their tenants
IDcheck
| Founders | Sara Statman |
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Biometric Screening & KYC: SaaS
No White Walls
| Founders | Olga Nechaeva |
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UK first full cycle letting and property management platform enabling co-living experience for landlords and renters
OVO Network
| Founders | Unknown |
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OVO Network is a real estate company that offers properties on rent for vacations.
Rentable
| Founders | Unknown |
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Rentable is a website builder and booking system for vacation rentals.
Video Island
| Founders | Unknown |
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Video Island Entertainment offers a home entertainment subscription service in the DVD rental market.
Unlease
| Founders | Mags Chilaev, Will Caldwell Morton |
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Unlease is a peer-to-peer marketplace for 1-4 month rentals.
Tepilo
| Founders | David Hart, Mark McDermott, Sarah Beeny, Will Miller |
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Tepilo is a modern estate agent for tracking property sale and receive instant notifications.
LendoBox
| Founders | Solomia Boretska |
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Matching product rental demand with supply
BorrowFox
| Founders | Arthur Pierse |
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BorrowFox is an innovative rental platform.
Premier Plant Hire
| Founders | Paul Kuebler |
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Equipment & machinery hire for the construction industry.
RentAware
| Founders | Unknown |
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RentAware is a user-generated content platform, promoting trust and transparency within the rental sector.
Bike Rental Manager
| Founders | Doug Stoddart |
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Bike Rental Manager offers management software that covers reservations, transactions and fleet management for bike rental businesses.
Karma Group
| Founders | Unknown |
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Karma Group is a travel and lifestyle brand.
THE OUT
| Founders | Unknown |
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THE OUT is a car rental company that offers rental vehicles and support services through its mobile application.
YoBike
| Founders | Unknown |
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YoBike is a bicycle rental service app by which users can find and rent available bicycles nearby.
