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Short-term rentals in Essen

Essen has 2,298 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,360 on Airbnb and 938 on Booking.com. That ranks it 28th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 59% of its listings on Airbnb. 9% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by Belvilla by OYO (28 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,298
Market rank
#28 / 618
National share
0.5%
Named professional operators
14

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Essen

In Essen, Airbnb leads with 1,360 listings (59%), versus 938 on Booking.com (41%).

Where the listings are in Essen

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 2,298 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Essen

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 7% of Airbnb listings and 12% of Booking.com listings. The 14 named professional operators run 143 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, SECRA Bookings GmbH and BWC GmbH — account for 47% of that. The other 61 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
9%
Median market
29%
Single-listing hosts
28%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 652
  • 2–5 listings 781
  • 6–25 listings 661
  • 26+ (professional) 204

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 84% of Essen's classified listings, followed by Hotels & hostels (7%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,924
  • Hotels & hostels 167
  • Private & shared rooms 137
  • B&Bs & guest houses 37
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 31
  • Unique & outdoor 2

Largest operators in Essen

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Germany listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Essen, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Belvilla by OYO 28 4.66 / 5 8.1 / 10 45,425
2 SECRA Bookings GmbH 25 4.70 / 5 8.4 / 10 83,689
3 BWC GmbH 14 4.18 / 5 7.3 / 10 5,444
4 ANA Living Karlsruhe by Arthotel ANA 13 4.27 / 5 8.0 / 10 171,702
5 Limehome 13 4.54 / 5 8.3 / 10 99,263
6 LiRo Apartments 12 4.32 / 5 7.8 / 10 5,994
7 JUNIK Apartments 10 4.59 / 5 8.8 / 10 1,993
8 B&B Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz 8 4.58 / 5 7.9 / 10 433,569
9 Vaicun Stays 6 4.81 / 5 8.5 / 10 40,605
10 Residence INN 5 4.83 / 5 8.4 / 10 314,029

The other 4 professional operators in Essen

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Essen among their markets. See the full interactive Essen market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Essen compares

Essen ranks 28th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.5% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Essen market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Essen?

Essen has 2,298 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,360 on Airbnb and 938 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Essen?

The largest professional operator in Essen is Belvilla by OYO, with 28 local listings.

How professionalised is the Essen short-term rental market?

9% of Essen's listings (204 of 2,298) 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: 7% of Airbnb listings and 12% of Booking.com listings. The 14 named professional operators run 143 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, SECRA Bookings GmbH and BWC GmbH — account for 47% of that. The other 61 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Essen?

In Essen, Airbnb leads with 1,360 listings (59%), versus 938 on Booking.com (41%).

How many professional operators run listings in Essen?

14 named professional operators run listings in Essen. 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 2,298 public short-term rental listings in Essen, 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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