Short-term rentals in Dessau
Dessau has 598 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 300 on Airbnb and 298 on Booking.com. That ranks it 229th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (50%) and Booking.com (50%). 18% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by Flex Living (8 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 598
- Market rank
- #229 / 618
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Dessau
In Dessau, supply is split almost evenly: 300 listings on Airbnb (50%) and 298 on Booking.com (50%).
Where the listings are in Dessau
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 Dessau
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 21% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Booking.com. The 9 named professional operators run 30 local listings between them, and the three largest — Flex Living, FMS Holiday Rentals and home2share GmbH — account for 60% of that. The other 77 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 18%
- 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 Dessau's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (13%).
Largest operators in Dessau
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 | Flex Living | 8 | 4.20 / 5 | 2.3 / 10 | 83 |
| 2 | FMS Holiday Rentals | 5 | 4.42 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 3,274 |
| 3 | home2share GmbH | 5 | 4.61 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 12,533 |
| 4 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 4 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 5 | Vaicun Stays | 3 | 4.81 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 40,605 |
| 6 | B&B Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 433,569 |
| 7 | ANA Living Karlsruhe by Arthotel ANA | 1 | 4.27 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 171,702 |
| 8 | HARBR. Hotel | 1 | 4.75 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 291,617 |
| 9 | Tourismus-Service Friedrichskoog | 1 | 4.91 / 5 | 8.7 / 10 | 3,696 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Dessau among their markets. See the full interactive Dessau market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Dessau compares
Dessau ranks 229th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Boppard 605 listings
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Bad Schandau 603 listings
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Joachimsthal 599 listings
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Großpösna 595 listings
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Mannheim 594 listings
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Bad Wörishofen 590 listings
Photo credits
- Boppard: Photo: Boppard Stadszicht vanuit het noorden 1 by RomkeHoekstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bad Schandau: Photo: Bad schandau elbansicht ds wv 06 2010 by Dirk Schmidt (Celsius auf Wikivoyage) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Joachimsthal: Photo: Blick auf Kreuzkirche Joachimsthal by Hans G. Oberlack · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Großpösna: Photo: SeifertshainDorfschule by Jwaller · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Mannheim: Photo: Mannheim Innenstadt by Dominik Lott ( Dolo280 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bad Wörishofen: Photo: Bad Wörishofen - Sebastianeum v N by Flodur63 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Dessau market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Dessau?
Dessau has 598 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 300 on Airbnb and 298 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Dessau?
The largest professional operator in Dessau is Flex Living, with 8 local listings.
How professionalised is the Dessau short-term rental market?
18% of Dessau's listings (107 of 598) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 21% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Booking.com. The 9 named professional operators run 30 local listings between them, and the three largest — Flex Living, FMS Holiday Rentals and home2share GmbH — account for 60% of that. The other 77 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Dessau?
In Dessau, supply is split almost evenly: 300 listings on Airbnb (50%) and 298 on Booking.com (50%).
How many professional operators run listings in Dessau?
9 named professional operators run listings in Dessau. 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 598 public short-term rental listings in Dessau, 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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