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Short-term rentals in Alicante

Alicante has 8,781 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 4,353 on Airbnb and 4,428 on Booking.com. That ranks it 14th of 425 short-term rental markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with listings split almost evenly between Booking.com (50%) and Airbnb (50%). 17% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 25%, led by Holidu (175 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
8,781
Market rank
#14 / 425
Coverage share
1.8%
Named professional operators
39

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Alicante

In Alicante, supply is split almost evenly: 4,428 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 4,353 on Airbnb (50%).

Where the listings are in Alicante

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.

Airbnb Booking.com 250 sampled locations from 8,781 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Alicante

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 13% on Airbnb. The 39 named professional operators run 929 local listings between them, and the three largest — Holidu, Novadesta Servicios Integrales S.L. and NOVASOL AS — account for 38% of that. The other 520 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
17%
Median market
25%
Single-listing hosts
40%

Listings by operator portfolio size

Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.

  • Single listing 3,470
  • 2–5 listings 2,355
  • 6–25 listings 1,507
  • 26+ (professional) 1,449

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 66% of Alicante's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (20%).

  • Apartments & flats 5,812
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 1,722
  • Private & shared rooms 638
  • Hotels & hostels 359
  • B&Bs & guest houses 205
  • Unique & outdoor 30
  • Other 15

Largest operators in Alicante

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Spain listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Alicante, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Holidu 175 4.65 / 5 8.7 / 10 155,336
2 Novadesta Servicios Integrales S.L. 92 4.59 / 5 9.0 / 10 429
3 NOVASOL AS 89 4.22 / 5 7.4 / 10 13,732
4 United Renters Management 84 4.82 / 5 8.9 / 10 5,049
5 keyandrent.com 81 4.49 / 5 7.4 / 10 2,530
6 Let's Holiday Rentals 72 4.73 / 5 8.8 / 10 650
7 Villas de cine 54 4.47 / 5 7.8 / 10 1,537
8 DMS Suites 38 4.50 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,741
9 Belvilla by OYO 28 4.58 / 5 8.1 / 10 5,551
10 Fidalsa Holidays 20 4.60 / 5 8.2 / 10 1,946

The other 29 professional operators in Alicante

Local listings

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Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands and count Alicante among their markets. See the full interactive Alicante market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Alicante compares

Alicante ranks 14th of 425 tracked markets in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 1.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Alicante market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Alicante?

Alicante has 8,781 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 4,353 on Airbnb and 4,428 on Booking.com.

Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Alicante?

The largest professional operator in Alicante is Holidu, with 175 local listings.

How professionalised is the Alicante short-term rental market?

17% of Alicante's listings (1,449 of 8,781) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 425 markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands (25%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 20% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 13% on Airbnb. The 39 named professional operators run 929 local listings between them, and the three largest — Holidu, Novadesta Servicios Integrales S.L. and NOVASOL AS — account for 38% of that. The other 520 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Alicante?

In Alicante, supply is split almost evenly: 4,428 listings on Booking.com (50%) and 4,353 on Airbnb (50%).

How many professional operators run listings in Alicante?

39 named professional operators run listings in Alicante. 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 8,781 public short-term rental listings in Alicante, 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 mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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