Short-term rentals in Varel
Varel has 325 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 181 on Airbnb and 144 on Booking.com. That ranks it 462nd of 618 short-term rental markets across Germany, with 56% of its listings on Airbnb. 38% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 29%, led by Belvilla by OYO (18 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 325
- Market rank
- #462 / 618
- National share
- under 0.1%
- Named professional operators
- 5
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Varel
In Varel, Airbnb leads with 181 listings (56%), versus 144 on Booking.com (44%).
Where the listings are in Varel
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 Varel
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 36% of Airbnb listings and 40% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 39 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, e-domizil GmbH and Küsten-Immobilien Lothar Peters — account for 95% of that. The other 85 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 38%
- Median market
- 29%
- Single-listing hosts
- 30%
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 61% of Varel's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (28%).
Largest operators in Varel
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 | Belvilla by OYO | 18 | 4.66 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 45,425 |
| 2 | e-domizil GmbH | 11 | 4.78 / 5 | 8.9 / 10 | 6,355 |
| 3 | Küsten-Immobilien Lothar Peters | 8 | 4.77 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 423 |
| 4 | DS Destination Solutions GmbH | 1 | 4.68 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 23,166 |
| 5 | Upstalsboom Hotel + Freizeit GmbH & Co. KG | 1 | 4.52 / 5 | 8.4 / 10 | 9,703 |
Browse the full Germany operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Germany and count Varel among their markets. See the full interactive Varel market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Varel compares
Varel ranks 462nd of 618 tracked markets in Germany, with under 0.1% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Nordenham 327 listings
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg 326 listings
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Saarburg 325 listings
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Wangen im Allgäu 322 listings
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Oy-Mittelberg 321 listings
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Immenstadt im Allgäu 320 listings
Photo credits
- Nordenham: Photo: Luftaufnahmen Nordseekueste 2012 05 D90 by-RaBoe 092 by © Ra Boe / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 de · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lutherstadt Wittenberg: Photo: Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Denkmalensemble Markt by Rolf Kranz · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Saarburg: Photo: Saarburg Wasserfall by Berthold Werner · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Wangen im Allgäu: Photo: Wangen i a air16 by Michael Lorer · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Oy-Mittelberg: Photo: Mittelberg Kaplanhaus by Richard Mayer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Immenstadt im Allgäu: Photo: Immenstadt - Stadtpfarrkirche, Ölbergkapelle, Volksschule by Flodur63 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Varel market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Varel?
Varel has 325 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 181 on Airbnb and 144 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Varel?
The largest professional operator in Varel is Belvilla by OYO, with 18 local listings.
How professionalised is the Varel short-term rental market?
38% of Varel's listings (124 of 325) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 618 markets across Germany (29%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 36% of Airbnb listings and 40% of Booking.com listings. The 5 named professional operators run 39 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, e-domizil GmbH and Küsten-Immobilien Lothar Peters — account for 95% of that. The other 85 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Varel?
In Varel, Airbnb leads with 181 listings (56%), versus 144 on Booking.com (44%).
How many professional operators run listings in Varel?
5 named professional operators run listings in Varel. 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 325 public short-term rental listings in Varel, 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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