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Short-term rentals in Bilbao

Bilbao has 2,864 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,562 on Airbnb and 1,302 on Booking.com. That ranks it 27th of 425 short-term rental markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (55%) and Booking.com (45%). 23% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 25%, led by The Urban Hosts (200 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
2,864
Market rank
#27 / 425
Coverage share
0.6%
Named professional operators
14

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Bilbao

In Bilbao, supply is split almost evenly: 1,562 listings on Airbnb (55%) and 1,302 on Booking.com (45%).

Where the listings are in Bilbao

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 2,864 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Bilbao

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 446 local listings between them, and the three largest — The Urban Hosts, Next Stop Bilbao and Aston Rentals — account for 81% of that. The other 210 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
23%
Median market
25%
Single-listing hosts
34%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 987
  • 2–5 listings 717
  • 6–25 listings 504
  • 26+ (professional) 656

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 66% of Bilbao's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (14%).

  • Apartments & flats 1,880
  • Private & shared rooms 396
  • Hotels & hostels 316
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 146
  • B&Bs & guest houses 112
  • Other 7
  • Unique & outdoor 7

Largest operators in Bilbao

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 Bilbao, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 The Urban Hosts 200 4.58 / 5 8.0 / 10 18,636
2 Next Stop Bilbao 101 4.62 / 5 8.5 / 10 4,920
3 Aston Rentals 61 4.78 / 5 8.5 / 10 4,513
4 People Rentals 57 4.39 / 5 7.9 / 10 3,058
5 Limehome Spain SL 8 4.52 / 5 8.6 / 10 54,698
6 iHome Rent Bizkaia 4 4.40 / 5 7.7 / 10 1,464
7 URDAIBAI RENTALS SL 4 4.41 / 5 8.1 / 10 2,124
8 Sercotel Sevilla Guadalquivir Suites 3 4.79 / 5 8.6 / 10 256,957
9 Baskey Rentals 2 4.58 / 5 8.3 / 10 1,794
10 Fidalsa Holidays 2 4.60 / 5 8.2 / 10 1,946

The other 4 professional operators in Bilbao

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

How Bilbao compares

Bilbao ranks 27th of 425 tracked markets in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 0.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Bilbao market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Bilbao?

Bilbao has 2,864 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,562 on Airbnb and 1,302 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Bilbao is The Urban Hosts, with 200 local listings.

How professionalised is the Bilbao short-term rental market?

23% of Bilbao's listings (656 of 2,864) 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: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 19% on Airbnb. The 14 named professional operators run 446 local listings between them, and the three largest — The Urban Hosts, Next Stop Bilbao and Aston Rentals — account for 81% of that. The other 210 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Bilbao?

In Bilbao, supply is split almost evenly: 1,562 listings on Airbnb (55%) and 1,302 on Booking.com (45%).

How many professional operators run listings in Bilbao?

14 named professional operators run listings in Bilbao. 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 2,864 public short-term rental listings in Bilbao, 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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