Short-term rentals in Rust
Rust has 880 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 486 on Airbnb and 394 on Booking.com. That ranks it 104th of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 55% of its listings on Airbnb. 20% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 29%, led by living TIMELESS (12 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
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- Tracked listings
- 880
- Market rank
- #104 / 618
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Rust
In Rust, Airbnb leads with 486 listings (55%), versus 394 on Booking.com (45%).
Where the listings are in Rust
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 Rust
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 22% of Airbnb listings and 19% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 35 local listings between them, and the three largest — living TIMELESS, SECRA Bookings GmbH and DS Destination Solutions GmbH — account for 91% of that. The other 143 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 20%
- Median market
- 29%
- Single-listing hosts
- 32%
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 72% of Rust's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (11%).
Largest operators in Rust
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 | living TIMELESS | 12 | 4.92 / 5 | 8.8 / 10 | 3,134 |
| 2 | SECRA Bookings GmbH | 11 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 83,689 |
| 3 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 9 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 4 | e-domizil GmbH | 2 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,355 |
| 5 | Residence INN | 1 | 4.83 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 314,029 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Rust among their markets. See the full interactive Rust market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Rust compares
Rust ranks 104th of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Lüneburg 896 listings
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Bad Harzburg 893 listings
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Ingolstadt 888 listings
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Gersfeld 871 listings
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Osnabrück 868 listings
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Bad Kreuznach 867 listings
Photo credits
- Lüneburg: Photo: Kirche St Johannis Lueneburg by Christian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bad Harzburg: Photo: HarzburgKlBurgberg by Kassandro · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Ingolstadt: Photo: GER Ingolstadt Rathausplatz 013 by -wuppertaler · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Gersfeld: Photo: Gersfeld by Lotron · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Osnabrück: Photo: Osnabrück Süden by Jusos · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Bad Kreuznach: Photo: Panorama Kreuznach by Axolotl Nr. 733 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
Browse the full Germany city directory or the Germany market report .
Rust market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Rust?
Rust has 880 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 486 on Airbnb and 394 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Rust?
The largest professional operator in Rust is living TIMELESS, with 12 local listings.
How professionalised is the Rust short-term rental market?
20% of Rust's listings (178 of 880) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 22% of Airbnb listings and 19% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 35 local listings between them, and the three largest — living TIMELESS, SECRA Bookings GmbH and DS Destination Solutions GmbH — account for 91% of that. The other 143 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Rust?
In Rust, Airbnb leads with 486 listings (55%), versus 394 on Booking.com (45%).
How many professional operators run listings in Rust?
5 named professional operators run listings in Rust. 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 880 public short-term rental listings in Rust, 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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