Short-term rentals in Jena
Jena is the 233rd-largest of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany: 589 listings, 55% on Airbnb. 11% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 26%, led by BWC GmbH (9 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 589
- Market rank
- #233 / 618
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 7
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Jena
In Jena, Airbnb leads with 324 listings (55%), versus 265 on Booking.com (45%).
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 6% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 26 local listings between them, and the three largest — BWC GmbH, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Global Living — account for 69% of that. The other 38 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 11%
- Median market
- 26%
- Single-listing hosts
- 45%
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 | 9 | 4.12 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 5,290 |
| 2 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 5 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 84,545 |
| 3 | Global Living | 4 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 2,707 |
| 4 | Limehome | 4 | 4.54 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 99,787 |
| 5 | NOVASOL AS | 2 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 15,291 |
| 6 | B&B Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | 1 | 4.64 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 428,329 |
| 7 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 1 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 22,803 |
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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Bad Wörishofen 594 listings
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Pottenstein 590 listings
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Sankt Englmar 590 listings
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Singen 582 listings
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Wetzlar 582 listings
- Papenburg 581 listings
Photo credits
- Bad Wörishofen: Photo: Bad Wörishofen - Sebastianeum v N by Flodur63 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Pottenstein: Photo: Pottenstein (HDR Aufnahmetechnik) by Pegasus2 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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
- Singen: Photo: Herz-Jesu-Kirche Singen (Hohentwiel) 11 ShiftN ShiftN by Luca-bs (shifted & cropped by Rabanus Flavus ) · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wetzlar: Photo: Wetzlarskyline by Krusto · CC BY 2.0 de · 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 589 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 324 on Airbnb and 265 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Jena?
The largest professional operator in Jena is BWC GmbH, with 9 local listings.
How professionalised is the Jena short-term rental market?
11% of Jena's listings (64 of 589) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (26%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 16% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 6% on Airbnb. The 7 named professional operators run 26 local listings between them, and the three largest — BWC GmbH, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Global Living — account for 69% of that. The other 38 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 324 listings (55%), versus 265 on Booking.com (45%).
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 589 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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