Short-term rentals in Bern
Bern has 1,007 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 800 on Airbnb and 207 on Booking.com. That ranks it 19th of 78 short-term rental markets across Switzerland, with 79% of its listings on Airbnb. 7% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 20%, led by Homenhancement SA (25 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 1,007
- Market rank
- #19 / 78
- National share
- 1.5%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bern
In Bern, Airbnb leads with 800 listings (79%), 3.9× the 207 on Booking.com (21%).
Where the listings are in Bern
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 Bern
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 8% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 48 local listings between them, and the three largest — Homenhancement SA, Swissstay Apartments and BUSINESS APARTMENTS ZIMMERzuVERMIETEN — account for 90% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 7%
- Median market
- 20%
- Single-listing hosts
- 49%
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 59% of Bern's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (19%).
Largest operators in Bern
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 | Homenhancement SA | 25 | 4.38 / 5 | 7.4 / 10 | 1,397 |
| 2 | Swissstay Apartments | 11 | 4.33 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 752 |
| 3 | BUSINESS APARTMENTS ZIMMERzuVERMIETEN | 7 | 4.51 / 5 | 7.1 / 10 | 681 |
| 4 | Adagio Aparthotel | 3 | 5.00 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 205,185 |
| 5 | Le Bijou Hotel & Resort Management AG | 2 | 4.86 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 4,531 |
Browse the full Switzerland operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Switzerland and count Bern among their markets. See the full interactive Bern market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Bern compares
Bern ranks 19th of 78 tracked markets in Switzerland, with 1.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Saas-Fee 1,352 listings
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Villars-sur-Ollon 1,350 listings
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Flims 1,078 listings
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Montreux 864 listings
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Scuol 863 listings
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St. Gallen 835 listings
Photo credits
- Saas-Fee: Photo: Vue sur Saas-Fee by Jamcib · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Villars-sur-Ollon: Photo: Villars-sur-ollon by Bledard92 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Flims: Photo: Flims by Massimo Macconi · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Montreux: Photo: Champ de narcisses - by Maude Rion · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Scuol: Photo: Scuol 09 by Aconcagua ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- St. Gallen: Photo: Sankt Gallen by Schaffhausen · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Bern market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Bern?
Bern has 1,007 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 800 on Airbnb and 207 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Bern?
The largest professional operator in Bern is Homenhancement SA, with 25 local listings.
How professionalised is the Bern short-term rental market?
7% of Bern's listings (71 of 1,007) 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: 7% of Airbnb listings and 8% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 48 local listings between them, and the three largest — Homenhancement SA, Swissstay Apartments and BUSINESS APARTMENTS ZIMMERzuVERMIETEN — account for 90% of that. The other 23 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bern?
In Bern, Airbnb leads with 800 listings (79%), 3.9× the 207 on Booking.com (21%).
How many professional operators run listings in Bern?
5 named professional operators run listings in Bern. 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 1,007 public short-term rental listings in Bern, 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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