Short-term rentals in Jena
Jena has 583 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 325 on Airbnb and 258 on Booking.com. That ranks it 233rd of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 12% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by BWC GmbH (10 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 583
- Market rank
- #233 / 618
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Jena
In Jena, Airbnb leads with 325 listings (56%), versus 258 on Booking.com (44%).
Where the listings are in Jena
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 Jena
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 16% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 27 local listings between them, and the three largest — BWC GmbH, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Global Living — account for 70% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 12%
- Median market
- 29%
- Single-listing hosts
- 44%
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 67% of Jena's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (8%).
Largest operators in Jena
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 | BWC GmbH | 10 | 4.18 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 5,444 |
| 2 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 5 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 83,689 |
| 3 | Global Living | 4 | 4.72 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 2,913 |
| 4 | Limehome | 4 | 4.54 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 99,263 |
| 5 | B&B Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | 2 | 4.58 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 433,569 |
| 6 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 1 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 7 | NOVASOL AS | 1 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 16,645 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Jena among their markets. See the full interactive Jena market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Jena compares
Jena ranks 233rd of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Großpösna 595 listings
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Mannheim 594 listings
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Bad Wörishofen 590 listings
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Walsrode 581 listings
- Papenburg 580 listings
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Sankt Englmar 580 listings
Photo credits
- 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
- Walsrode: Photo: Welfendenkmal Walsrode by Clemensfranz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Sankt Englmar: Photo: St. Englmarblick by Konrad Lackerbeck · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Jena market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Jena?
Jena has 583 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 325 on Airbnb and 258 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Jena?
The largest professional operator in Jena is BWC GmbH, with 10 local listings.
How professionalised is the Jena short-term rental market?
12% of Jena's listings (69 of 583) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 16% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 9% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 27 local listings between them, and the three largest — BWC GmbH, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Global Living — account for 70% of that. The other 42 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Jena?
In Jena, Airbnb leads with 325 listings (56%), versus 258 on Booking.com (44%).
How many professional operators run listings in Jena?
7 named professional operators run listings in Jena. 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 583 public short-term rental listings in Jena, 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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