Short-term rentals in Ostend
Ostend has 5,892 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 3,059 on Airbnb and 2,833 on Booking.com. That ranks it 2nd of 44 short-term rental markets across Belgium, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (52%) and Booking.com (48%). 43% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 13%, led by interhome.com (457 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 5,892
- Market rank
- #2 / 44
- National share
- 11%
- Named professional operators
- 12
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ostend
In Ostend, supply is split almost evenly: 3,059 listings on Airbnb (52%) and 2,833 on Booking.com (48%).
Where the listings are in Ostend
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.
Market structure in Ostend
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 43% of Airbnb listings and 44% of Booking.com listings. The 12 named professional operators run 1,482 local listings between them, and the three largest — interhome.com, NOVASOL AS and Villa for You — account for 66% of that. The other 1,079 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 43%
- Median market
- 13%
- Single-listing hosts
- 37%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Apartments & flats make up 78% of Ostend's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (15%).
Largest operators in Ostend
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Belgium 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 | interhome.com | 457 | 4.47 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 4,310 |
| 2 | NOVASOL AS | 262 | 4.22 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 2,691 |
| 3 | Villa for You | 259 | 4.58 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 2,874 |
| 4 | Bel Air Holiday | 167 | 4.10 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 469 |
| 5 | woestyn immobilia bv | 134 | 4.61 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 385 |
| 6 | casiola.com | 85 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 2,135 |
| 7 | Rentus Holiday Homes | 70 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 1,912 |
| 8 | ERA SERVIMO HOLIDAYS | 28 | 4.34 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 1,137 |
| 9 | Diego La Conciergerie | 9 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 259 |
| 10 | Adagio Aparthotel | 5 | 4.57 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 241,515 |
The other 2 professional operators in Ostend
Local listings
- Holiday Suites 5 listings
- Your.Rentals 1 listing
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Belgium and count Ostend among their markets. See the full interactive Ostend market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ostend compares
Ostend ranks 2nd of 44 tracked markets in Belgium, with 11% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Brussels 5,935 listings
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Nieuwpoort 5,076 listings
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Antwerp 3,427 listings
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Ghent 2,115 listings
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Bruges 1,965 listings
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Liège 1,896 listings
Photo credits
- Brussels: Photo: Brussels view from Mont des Arts, Brussels, Belgium (cropped) by Ank Kumar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Nieuwpoort: Photo: Nieuwpoort - City hall 2 by User:LimoWreck · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Antwerp: Photo: Amberes; vistas MAS 2 by LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ghent: Photo: Ghent - centre by Moyogo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bruges: Photo: Brugge-CanalRozenhoedkaai by Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Liège: Photo: Liege View 01 by A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ostend market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ostend?
Ostend has 5,892 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 3,059 on Airbnb and 2,833 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ostend?
The largest professional operator in Ostend is interhome.com, with 457 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ostend short-term rental market?
43% of Ostend's listings (2,561 of 5,892) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 44 markets across Belgium (13%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 43% of Airbnb listings and 44% of Booking.com listings. The 12 named professional operators run 1,482 local listings between them, and the three largest — interhome.com, NOVASOL AS and Villa for You — account for 66% of that. The other 1,079 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ostend?
In Ostend, supply is split almost evenly: 3,059 listings on Airbnb (52%) and 2,833 on Booking.com (48%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ostend?
12 named professional operators run listings in Ostend. 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 5,892 public short-term rental listings in Ostend, 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 Belgium. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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