Short-term rentals in Lugano
Lugano is the 10th-largest of 78 short-term rental markets across Switzerland: 1,957 listings, 66% on Airbnb. 34% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 19%, led by Happy.Rentals (228 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,957
- Market rank
- #10 / 78
- National share
- 2.8%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Lugano
In Lugano, Airbnb leads with 1,285 listings (66%), versus 672 on Booking.com (34%).
Where the listings are in Lugano
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 Lugano
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 339 local listings between them, and the three largest — Happy.Rentals, Bansky BnB and Your.Rentals — account for 98% of that. The other 336 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 34%
- Median market
- 19%
- Single-listing hosts
- 31%
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 69% of Lugano's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (16%).
Largest operators in Lugano
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 | Happy.Rentals | 228 | 4.48 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 5,901 |
| 2 | Bansky BnB | 73 | 4.59 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 4,020 |
| 3 | Your.Rentals | 32 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 3,494 |
| 4 | Adagio Aparthotel | 3 | 5.00 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 205,185 |
| 5 | Herisau Apartments | 3 | 4.62 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 39,609 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Switzerland and count Lugano among their markets. See the full interactive Lugano market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Lugano compares
Lugano ranks 10th of 78 tracked markets in Switzerland, with 2.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Arosa 2,167 listings
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Geneva 2,120 listings
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Grindelwald 2,094 listings
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Interlaken 1,808 listings
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Lausanne 1,703 listings
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Zermatt 1,596 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- 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
- Interlaken: Photo: Interlaken01 by Paebi · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lausanne: Photo: Lausanne - Flickr - Matthieu Valentin by matthieu valentin · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zermatt: Photo: 1 zermatt night 2012 by chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Lugano market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Lugano?
Lugano has 1,957 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,285 on Airbnb and 672 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Lugano?
The largest professional operator in Lugano is Happy.Rentals, with 228 local listings.
How professionalised is the Lugano short-term rental market?
34% of Lugano's listings (675 of 1,957) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 78 markets across Switzerland (19%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 44% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 29% on Airbnb. The 5 named professional operators run 339 local listings between them, and the three largest — Happy.Rentals, Bansky BnB and Your.Rentals — account for 98% of that. The other 336 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Lugano?
In Lugano, Airbnb leads with 1,285 listings (66%), versus 672 on Booking.com (34%).
How many professional operators run listings in Lugano?
5 named professional operators run listings in Lugano. 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 1,957 public short-term rental listings in Lugano, 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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