Short-term rentals in Besançon
Besançon is the 118th-largest of 913 short-term rental markets across France: 1,907 listings, 71% on Airbnb. 7% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 15%, led by Poplidays (19 listings).
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- Tracked listings
- 1,907
- Market rank
- #118 / 913
- National share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 8
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Besançon
In Besançon, Airbnb leads with 1,360 listings (71%), 2.5× the 547 on Booking.com (29%).
Where the listings are in Besançon
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.
Market structure in Besançon
Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 17% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 45 local listings between them, and the three largest — Poplidays, Adagio Aparthotel and Loic, Estelle And Co — account for 76% of that. The other 97 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 7%
- Median market
- 15%
- Single-listing hosts
- 52%
Listings by operator portfolio size
Tracked listings grouped by how many properties their operator runs — from single hosts to 26+ professionals.
Listings by property type
Apartments & flats make up 55% of Besançon's classified listings, followed by Houses, cottages & holiday homes (20%).
Largest operators in Besançon
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked France listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.
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| # | Operator | Listings | Airbnb score | Booking.com score | Portfolio reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poplidays | 19 | 4.47 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 96,298 |
| 2 | Adagio Aparthotel | 9 | 4.58 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 2,583,982 |
| 3 | Loic, Estelle And Co | 6 | 4.57 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 32,486 |
| 4 | Hôtel Kyriad Chambéry Centre Curial | 3 | 4.19 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 1,284,269 |
| 5 | Appart'City | 2 | 4.51 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 300,676 |
| 6 | B&B HOME Lyon Centre Berthelot | 2 | 4.83 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 808,271 |
| 7 | Holidu | 2 | 4.70 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 99,354 |
| 8 | NOVASOL AS | 2 | 4.42 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 16,857 |
Browse the full France operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across France and count Besançon among their markets. See the full interactive Besançon market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Besançon compares
Besançon ranks 118th of 913 tracked markets in France, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Dinard 1,949 listings
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Villefranche-sur-Saône 1,942 listings
- Sanary-sur-Mer 1,928 listings
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Font Romeu Odeillo Via 1,898 listings
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Les Menuires 1,893 listings
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Lons-le-Saunier 1,889 listings
Photo credits
- Dinard: Photo: 00 7535 Dinard - Frankreich, Bretagne by W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Villefranche-sur-Saône: Photo: Différentes vues de Villefranche by Saturnyn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Font Romeu Odeillo Via: Photo: Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via (66) by Florent Pécassou · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Les Menuires: Photo: Overview of Les Menuires and the Belleville valley by DimiTalen · CC0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lons-le-Saunier: Photo: Lons-le-Saunier - Place de la liberté 5 by photography taken by Christophe.Finot · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Besançon market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Besançon?
Besançon has 1,907 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 1,360 on Airbnb and 547 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Besançon?
The largest professional operator in Besançon is Poplidays, with 19 local listings.
How professionalised is the Besançon short-term rental market?
7% of Besançon's listings (142 of 1,907) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 913 markets across France (15%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 17% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 3% on Airbnb. The 8 named professional operators run 45 local listings between them, and the three largest — Poplidays, Adagio Aparthotel and Loic, Estelle And Co — account for 76% of that. The other 97 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Besançon?
In Besançon, Airbnb leads with 1,360 listings (71%), 2.5× the 547 on Booking.com (29%).
How many professional operators run listings in Besançon?
8 named professional operators run listings in Besançon. 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 1,907 public short-term rental listings in Besançon, 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 France. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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