Short-term rentals in St. Gallen
St. Gallen has 835 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 619 on Airbnb and 216 on Booking.com. That ranks it 22nd of 78 short-term rental markets across Switzerland, with 74% of its listings on Airbnb. 9% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 20%, led by Hotel Uzwil (31 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 835
- Market rank
- #22 / 78
- National share
- 1.2%
- Named professional operators
- 3
Airbnb vs Booking.com in St. Gallen
In St. Gallen, Airbnb leads with 619 listings (74%), 2.9× the 216 on Booking.com (26%).
Where the listings are in St. Gallen
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 St. Gallen
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 14% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 8% on Airbnb. The 3 named professional operators — Hotel Uzwil, Your.Rentals and Herisau Apartments — run 48 local listings between them. The other 29 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 9%
- Median market
- 20%
- Single-listing hosts
- 34%
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 55% of St. Gallen's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (20%).
Largest operators in St. Gallen
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 | Hotel Uzwil | 31 | 4.81 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 1,124 |
| 2 | Your.Rentals | 13 | 4.74 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 4,165 |
| 3 | Herisau Apartments | 4 | 4.88 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 39,154 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Switzerland and count St. Gallen among their markets. See the full interactive St. Gallen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How St. Gallen compares
St. Gallen ranks 22nd of 78 tracked markets in Switzerland, with 1.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Bern 1,007 listings
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Montreux 864 listings
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Scuol 863 listings
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Solothurn 826 listings
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Baden 816 listings
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Thun 802 listings
Photo credits
- Bern: Photo: Bern luftaufnahme by de:Benutzer:Reaast · 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
- Solothurn: Photo: Solothurn 2023 by Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Baden: Photo: Switzerland-Baden-oldcityview by Monk · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Thun: Photo: 1 thun castle view 2012 by chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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St. Gallen market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in St. Gallen?
St. Gallen has 835 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 619 on Airbnb and 216 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in St. Gallen?
The largest professional operator in St. Gallen is Hotel Uzwil, with 31 local listings.
How professionalised is the St. Gallen short-term rental market?
9% of St. Gallen's listings (77 of 835) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 78 markets across Switzerland (20%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 14% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 8% on Airbnb. The 3 named professional operators — Hotel Uzwil, Your.Rentals and Herisau Apartments — run 48 local listings between them. The other 29 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in St. Gallen?
In St. Gallen, Airbnb leads with 619 listings (74%), 2.9× the 216 on Booking.com (26%).
How many professional operators run listings in St. Gallen?
3 named professional operators run listings in St. Gallen. 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 835 public short-term rental listings in St. Gallen, 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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