Short-term rentals in Kiel
Kiel is the 150th-largest of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany: 764 listings, 64% on Airbnb. 10% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 26%, led by ProStay Apartments (13 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 764
- Market rank
- #150 / 618
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 9
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Kiel
In Kiel, Airbnb leads with 489 listings (64%), versus 275 on Booking.com (36%).
Where the listings are in Kiel
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 Kiel
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 9 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — ProStay Apartments, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Elephant Apartments Group GmbH — account for 64% of that. The other 28 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 10%
- Median market
- 26%
- Single-listing hosts
- 42%
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 70% of Kiel's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (13%).
Largest operators in Kiel
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 | ProStay Apartments | 13 | 4.70 / 5 | 7.0 / 10 | 83 |
| 2 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 10 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 84,545 |
| 3 | Elephant Apartments Group GmbH | 7 | 4.63 / 5 | 7.3 / 10 | 410 |
| 4 | Travanto Ferienwohnungen | 6 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 16,477 |
| 5 | B&B Hotel Berlin Alexanderplatz | 5 | 4.64 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 428,329 |
| 6 | e-domizil GmbH | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | — | 4,380 |
| 7 | NOVASOL AS | 2 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 15,291 |
| 8 | Aspire Hospitality GmbH | 1 | 4.64 / 5 | 8.3 / 10 | 224,815 |
| 9 | Residence INN | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 316,292 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Kiel among their markets. See the full interactive Kiel market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Kiel compares
Kiel ranks 150th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Immenstaad am Bodensee 772 listings
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Senftenberg 769 listings
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Gunzenhausen 766 listings
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Prien am Chiemsee 759 listings
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Bad Hersfeld 748 listings
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Bernkastel-Kues 748 listings
Photo credits
- Immenstaad am Bodensee: Photo: Immenstaad-5033 by Dietrich Krieger · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Senftenberg: Photo: Niederlausitz Senftenberg 07-2015 img7 Markt by A.Savin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gunzenhausen: Photo: Gunzenhausen-Blasturm by Franconia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Prien am Chiemsee: Photo: PrienKircheMarktplatz by Späth Chr / ChiemseeMan at de.wikipedia · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bad Hersfeld: Photo: Hersfeld altstadt tageberg by 2micha · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bernkastel-Kues: Photo: Aerial image of the Moselle in Bernkastel-Kues (view from the southeast) by Carsten Steger · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Kiel market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Kiel?
Kiel has 764 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 489 on Airbnb and 275 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Kiel?
The largest professional operator in Kiel is ProStay Apartments, with 13 local listings.
How professionalised is the Kiel short-term rental market?
10% of Kiel's listings (75 of 764) 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 9 named professional operators run 47 local listings between them, and the three largest — ProStay Apartments, SECRA Bookings GmbH and Elephant Apartments Group GmbH — account for 64% of that. The other 28 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Kiel?
In Kiel, Airbnb leads with 489 listings (64%), versus 275 on Booking.com (36%).
How many professional operators run listings in Kiel?
9 named professional operators run listings in Kiel. 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 764 public short-term rental listings in Kiel, 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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