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Short-term rentals in Santander

Santander has 3,578 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 1,835 on Airbnb and 1,743 on Booking.com. That ranks it 25th of 425 short-term rental markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with listings split almost evenly between Airbnb (51%) and Booking.com (49%). 21% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 25%, led by urban hosting (103 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.

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Tracked listings
3,578
Market rank
#25 / 425
Coverage share
0.7%
Named professional operators
15

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Santander

In Santander, supply is split almost evenly: 1,835 listings on Airbnb (51%) and 1,743 on Booking.com (49%).

Where the listings are in Santander

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 3,578 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Santander

Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 28% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 14% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 320 local listings between them, and the three largest — urban hosting, Holidu and Apartamentos Cantabria — account for 65% of that. The other 432 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
21%
Median market
25%
Single-listing hosts
43%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 1,555
  • 2–5 listings 834
  • 6–25 listings 437
  • 26+ (professional) 752

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 65% of Santander's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (20%).

  • Apartments & flats 2,316
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 708
  • Hotels & hostels 203
  • B&Bs & guest houses 171
  • Private & shared rooms 160
  • Unique & outdoor 17
  • Other 3

Largest operators in Santander

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 Santander, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 urban hosting 103 4.23 / 5 7.3 / 10 4,224
2 Holidu 57 4.65 / 5 8.7 / 10 155,336
3 Apartamentos Cantabria 48 4.25 / 5 8.0 / 10 2,654
4 Cantabria Collection - Jaime 42 4.50 / 5 8.7 / 10 995
5 R2R Consulting 19 4.33 / 5 7.1 / 10 8,116
6 dometea.com 16 4.67 / 5 8.4 / 10 733
7 Apartamentos 3000 10 5.00 / 5 6.7 / 10 48,097
8 Sercotel Sevilla Guadalquivir Suites 8 4.79 / 5 8.6 / 10 256,957
9 Inés y Analía Gestión Inmobiliaria 4 4.83 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,583
10 Homerez 3 4.56 / 5 8.0 / 10 11,396

The other 5 professional operators in Santander

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

How Santander compares

Santander ranks 25th of 425 tracked markets in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 0.7% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Santander market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Santander?

Santander has 3,578 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 1,835 on Airbnb and 1,743 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Santander is urban hosting, with 103 local listings.

How professionalised is the Santander short-term rental market?

21% of Santander's listings (752 of 3,578) 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 14% on Airbnb. The 15 named professional operators run 320 local listings between them, and the three largest — urban hosting, Holidu and Apartamentos Cantabria — account for 65% of that. The other 432 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Santander?

In Santander, supply is split almost evenly: 1,835 listings on Airbnb (51%) and 1,743 on Booking.com (49%).

How many professional operators run listings in Santander?

15 named professional operators run listings in Santander. 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 3,578 public short-term rental listings in Santander, 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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