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Short-term rentals in Barcelona

Barcelona has 14,329 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 8,599 on Airbnb and 5,730 on Booking.com. That ranks it 3rd of 425 short-term rental markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 60% of its listings on Airbnb. 34% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 25%, led by Acomodis Apartments (455 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
14,329
Market rank
#3 / 425
Coverage share
2.9%
Named professional operators
51

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Barcelona

In Barcelona, Airbnb leads with 8,599 listings (60%), versus 5,730 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Barcelona

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 14,329 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Barcelona

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 51 named professional operators run 3,092 local listings between them, and the three largest — Acomodis Apartments, AB Apartment Barcelona and Stay U-nique SL — account for 36% of that. The other 1,731 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
34%
Median market
25%
Single-listing hosts
18%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 2,624
  • 2–5 listings 3,178
  • 6–25 listings 3,704
  • 26+ (professional) 4,823

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 73% of Barcelona's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (10%).

  • Apartments & flats 10,484
  • Private & shared rooms 1,492
  • Hotels & hostels 1,470
  • B&Bs & guest houses 428
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 373
  • Unique & outdoor 65
  • Other 17

Largest operators in Barcelona

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 Barcelona, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Acomodis Apartments 455 4.60 / 5 — 913
2 AB Apartment Barcelona 338 4.50 / 5 8.0 / 10 18,618
3 Stay U-nique SL 322 4.58 / 5 8.0 / 10 30,489
4 LOCA BCN SERVICES S.L. 260 4.62 / 5 8.1 / 10 11,859
5 The Collection Barcelona 184 4.45 / 5 7.4 / 10 8,547
6 Canela Homes 115 4.71 / 5 7.8 / 10 13,082
7 Habitat Apartments 115 4.49 / 5 7.7 / 10 11,882
8 Alcam Apartments 90 4.31 / 5 7.9 / 10 4,719
9 Spacest.com 85 4.45 / 5 10.0 / 10 30
10 Casa Cosi 84 4.67 / 5 8.7 / 10 4,505

The other 41 professional operators in Barcelona

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

How Barcelona compares

Barcelona ranks 3rd of 425 tracked markets in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 2.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Barcelona market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Barcelona?

Barcelona has 14,329 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 8,599 on Airbnb and 5,730 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Barcelona is Acomodis Apartments, with 455 local listings.

How professionalised is the Barcelona short-term rental market?

34% of Barcelona's listings (4,823 of 14,329) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 425 markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands (25%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 26% on Airbnb. The 51 named professional operators run 3,092 local listings between them, and the three largest — Acomodis Apartments, AB Apartment Barcelona and Stay U-nique SL — account for 36% of that. The other 1,731 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Barcelona?

In Barcelona, Airbnb leads with 8,599 listings (60%), versus 5,730 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Barcelona?

51 named professional operators run listings in Barcelona. 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 14,329 public short-term rental listings in Barcelona, 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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