Short-term rentals in Cottbus
Cottbus has 639 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 320 on Airbnb and 319 on Booking.com. That ranks it 207th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (50%) and Booking.com (50%). 13% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by SECRA Bookings GmbH (17 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 639
- Market rank
- #207 / 618
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 4
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Cottbus
In Cottbus, supply is split almost evenly: 320 listings on Airbnb (50%) and 319 on Booking.com (50%).
Where the listings are in Cottbus
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 Cottbus
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 11% of Airbnb listings and 15% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, DS Destination Solutions GmbH and Belvilla by OYO — account for 97% of that. The other 55 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 13%
- Median market
- 29%
- Single-listing hosts
- 35%
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 71% of Cottbus' classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (13%).
Largest operators in Cottbus
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Germany 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 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 17 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 83,689 |
| 2 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 8 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 3 | Belvilla by OYO | 3 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 45,425 |
| 4 | Tourismus-Service Friedrichskoog | 1 | 4.91 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 3,696 |
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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Cottbus among their markets. See the full interactive Cottbus market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Cottbus compares
Cottbus ranks 207th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Weimar 641 listings
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Zirndorf 641 listings
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Offenburg 640 listings
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Stralsund 637 listings
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Bochum 636 listings
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Ilmenau 635 listings
Photo credits
- Weimar: Photo: Weimar City hall by Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Zirndorf: Photo: Zirndorf museum klein by museum zirndorf · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Offenburg: Photo: Offenburg Rathaus 01 by © Ralph Hammann - Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Stralsund: Photo: 20-07-06-Stralsund-Innenstadt-RalfR-100-0613 by Ralf Roletschek · CC BY-SA 1.0 fi · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bochum: Photo: Bochum (DerHexer) 2010-08-12 050 by DerHexer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ilmenau: Photo: Bahnhof Ilmenau2 by Michael Sander · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Cottbus market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Cottbus?
Cottbus has 639 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 320 on Airbnb and 319 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Cottbus?
The largest professional operator in Cottbus is SECRA Bookings GmbH, with 17 local listings.
How professionalised is the Cottbus short-term rental market?
13% of Cottbus' listings (84 of 639) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 11% of Airbnb listings and 15% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 29 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, DS Destination Solutions GmbH and Belvilla by OYO — account for 97% of that. The other 55 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Cottbus?
In Cottbus, supply is split almost evenly: 320 listings on Airbnb (50%) and 319 on Booking.com (50%).
How many professional operators run listings in Cottbus?
4 named professional operators run listings in Cottbus. 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 639 public short-term rental listings in Cottbus, 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 Germany. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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