Short-term rentals in Ruhla
Ruhla is the 301st-largest of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany: 503 listings, 58% on Booking.com. 36% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 26%, led by SECRA Bookings GmbH (67 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 503
- Market rank
- #301 / 618
- National share
- 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Ruhla
In Ruhla, Booking.com leads with 294 listings (58%), versus 209 on Airbnb (42%).
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: 39% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Booking.com. The 8 named professional operators run 135 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, NOVASOL AS and DS Destination Solutions GmbH — account for 92% of that. The other 46 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 36%
- Median market
- 26%
- Single-listing hosts
- 38%
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 49% of Ruhla's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (37%).
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 | 67 | 4.71 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 84,545 |
| 2 | NOVASOL AS | 51 | 4.39 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 15,291 |
| 3 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 6 | 4.67 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 22,803 |
| 4 | Vaicun Stays | 4 | 4.80 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 43,084 |
| 5 | Belvilla by OYO | 3 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 28,674 |
| 6 | Villa for You | 2 | 4.69 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 407 |
| 7 | e-domizil GmbH | 1 | 4.78 / 5 | — | 4,380 |
| 8 | Sunday Hotels | 1 | 4.32 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 124,613 |
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 301st of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
- Königstein an der Elbe 504 listings
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Eisenach 503 listings
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Lychen 503 listings
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Lüdenscheid 502 listings
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Bensheim 500 listings
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Badenweiler 499 listings
Photo credits
- Eisenach: Photo: Eisenach von Göpelskuppe by Westerdam · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lychen: Photo: Lychen St Johannes by Doris Antony , Berlin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lüdenscheid: Photo: Luedenscheid-Rathaus1-Bubo by Bubo · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bensheim: Photo: Rathaus Bensheim 01 by Kuebi = Armin Kübelbeck · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Badenweiler: Photo: BW13 Park Therme by Manfred Heyde · Public domain · 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 503 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 209 on Airbnb and 294 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Ruhla?
The largest professional operator in Ruhla is SECRA Bookings GmbH, with 67 local listings.
How professionalised is the Ruhla short-term rental market?
36% of Ruhla's listings (181 of 503) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 618 markets across Germany (26%). Airbnb supply is more professionalised than Booking.com's: 39% of Airbnb listings sit with operators of that size, against 34% on Booking.com. The 8 named professional operators run 135 local listings between them, and the three largest — SECRA Bookings GmbH, NOVASOL AS and DS Destination Solutions GmbH — account for 92% of that. The other 46 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 294 listings (58%), versus 209 on Airbnb (42%).
How many professional operators run listings in Ruhla?
8 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 503 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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