Short-term rentals in Basel
Basel has 2,226 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,843 on Airbnb and 383 on Booking.com. That ranks it 6th of 78 short-term rental markets across Switzerland, with 83% of its listings on Airbnb. 4% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 20%, led by HITrental AG (52 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 2,226
- Market rank
- #6 / 78
- National share
- 3.3%
- Named professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Basel
In Basel, Airbnb leads with 1,843 listings (83%), 4.8× the 383 on Booking.com (17%).
Where the listings are in Basel
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 Basel
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 4% of Airbnb listings and 5% of Booking.com listings. The 3 named professional operators — HITrental AG, Adagio Aparthotel and Your.Rentals — run 64 local listings between them. The other 24 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 4%
- Median market
- 20%
- Single-listing hosts
- 58%
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 60% of Basel's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (23%).
Largest operators in Basel
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Switzerland listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HITrental AG | 52 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 19,669 |
| 2 | Adagio Aparthotel | 8 | 5.00 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 205,185 |
| 3 | Your.Rentals | 4 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,165 |
Browse the full Switzerland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Switzerland and count Basel among their markets. See the full interactive Basel market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Basel compares
Basel ranks 6th of 78 tracked markets in Switzerland, with 3.3% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Zürich 3,334 listings
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Locarno 3,291 listings
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Grindelwald 2,297 listings
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Arosa 2,165 listings
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Geneva 2,114 listings
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St. Moritz 2,077 listings
Photo credits
- Zürich: Photo: Zuerich Fraumuenster St Peter by Ikiwaner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Locarno: Photo: Locarno - panoramio by scudici · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Grindelwald: Photo: 05 Grindelwald (CH) - Blick auf das Wetterhorn by W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Arosa: Photo: Arosa2007 12 15 001 by Ch-info.ch · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Geneva: Photo: Geneva from Mount Salève by Yann ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- St. Moritz: Photo: StMoritz by Alps · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Basel market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Basel?
Basel has 2,226 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,843 on Airbnb and 383 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Basel?
The largest professional operator in Basel is HITrental AG, with 52 local listings.
How professionalised is the Basel short-term rental market?
4% of Basel's listings (88 of 2,226) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 78 markets across Switzerland (20%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 4% of Airbnb listings and 5% of Booking.com listings. The 3 named professional operators — HITrental AG, Adagio Aparthotel and Your.Rentals — run 64 local listings between them. The other 24 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Basel?
In Basel, Airbnb leads with 1,843 listings (83%), 4.8× the 383 on Booking.com (17%).
How many professional operators run listings in Basel?
3 named professional operators run listings in Basel. 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 2,226 public short-term rental listings in Basel, 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 Switzerland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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