Short-term rentals in Ruhla
Ruhla has 450 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 192 on Airbnb and 258 on Booking.com. That ranks it 350th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 57% of its listings on Booking.com. 40% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 29%, led by SECRA Bookings GmbH (66 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 450
- Market rank
- #350 / 618
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 6
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ruhla
In Ruhla, Booking.com leads with 258 listings (57%), versus 192 on Airbnb (43%).
Where the listings are in Ruhla
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 Ruhla
Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 43% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 37% on Booking.com. The 6 named professional operators run 139 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, NOVASOL AS and Belvilla by OYO — account for 93% of that. The other 40 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 40%
- 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 47% of Ruhla's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (39%).
Largest operators in Ruhla
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 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 66 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 83,689 |
| 2 | NOVASOL AS | 51 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 16,645 |
| 3 | Belvilla by OYO | 12 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 45,425 |
| 4 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 7 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 5 | Villa for You | 2 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 562 |
| 6 | Sunday Hotels | 1 | 4.21 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 119,164 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Ruhla among their markets. See the full interactive Ruhla market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Ruhla compares
Ruhla ranks 350th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Schweinfurt 452 listings
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Klingenthal 451 listings
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Uhldingen-Mühlhofen 451 listings
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Bottrop 449 listings
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Altenau 447 listings
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Andernach 446 listings
Photo credits
- Schweinfurt: Photo: Schweinfurt-017 by Tilman2007 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Klingenthal: Photo: Klingenthal blick zentrum by Straktur · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Uhldingen-Mühlhofen: Photo: Birnau Schloss Maurach by Photo: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bottrop: Photo: Bottrop - Altmarkt 02 ies by Frank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Altenau: Photo: Schwarzenberg Altenau by Thomas Binder · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Andernach: Photo: Rheinlagen-Andernach by Maus-Trauden at German Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ruhla market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Ruhla?
Ruhla has 450 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 192 on Airbnb and 258 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ruhla?
The largest professional operator in Ruhla is SECRA Bookings GmbH, with 66 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ruhla short-term rental market?
40% of Ruhla's listings (179 of 450) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 43% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 37% on Booking.com. The 6 named professional operators run 139 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, NOVASOL AS and Belvilla by OYO — account for 93% of that. The other 40 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Ruhla?
In Ruhla, Booking.com leads with 258 listings (57%), versus 192 on Airbnb (43%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ruhla?
6 named professional operators run listings in Ruhla. 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 450 public short-term rental listings in Ruhla, 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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