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Short-term rentals in Barcelona

Barcelona is the 3rd-largest of 425 short-term rental markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands: 14,313 listings, 60% on Airbnb. 31% of supply is run by professional operators, above the median market's 22%, led by AB Apartment Barcelona (339 listings).

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Tracked listings
14,313
Market rank
#3 / 425
Coverage share
2.9%
Named professional operators
27

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Barcelona

In Barcelona, Airbnb leads with 8,583 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 14,313 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 22% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 1,858 local listings between them, and the three largest — AB Apartment Barcelona, Acomodis Apartments and Stay U-nique SL — account for 53% of that. The other 2,585 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
31%
Median market
22%
Single-listing hosts
20%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 2,843
  • 2–5 listings 3,483
  • 6–25 listings 3,544
  • 26+ (professional) 4,443

Listings by property type

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

  • Apartments & flats 10,488
  • Private & shared rooms 1,479
  • Hotels & hostels 1,463
  • B&Bs & guest houses 426
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 375
  • 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 AB Apartment Barcelona 339 4.50 / 5 7.9 / 10 18,638
2 Acomodis Apartments 338 4.62 / 5 — 712
3 Stay U-nique SL 314 4.60 / 5 7.9 / 10 28,745
4 Canela Homes 116 4.72 / 5 7.8 / 10 13,224
5 Habitat Apartments 114 4.49 / 5 7.7 / 10 11,722
6 Alcam Apartments 91 4.32 / 5 7.9 / 10 4,727
7 Lodging Apartments 70 4.51 / 5 8.0 / 10 4,918
8 Ola Living 55 4.47 / 5 8.2 / 10 18,122
9 Olala Homes 49 4.39 / 5 8.0 / 10 26,603
10 Interhome 44 4.39 / 5 7.8 / 10 34,691

The other 17 professional operators in Barcelona

Local listings

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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 14,313 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 8,583 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 AB Apartment Barcelona, with 339 local listings.

How professionalised is the Barcelona short-term rental market?

31% of Barcelona's listings (4,443 of 14,313) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 425 markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands (22%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 45% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 22% on Airbnb. The 27 named professional operators run 1,858 local listings between them, and the three largest — AB Apartment Barcelona, Acomodis Apartments and Stay U-nique SL — account for 53% of that. The other 2,585 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 8,583 listings (60%), versus 5,730 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Barcelona?

27 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 14,313 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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