Short-term rentals in Matera
Matera has 1,773 tracked short-term rental listings in myDataValue's November 2026 snapshot, 792 on Airbnb and 981 on Booking.com. That ranks it 48th of 1,049 short-term rental markets across mainland Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, with 55% of its listings on Booking.com. 3% of supply is run by professional operators, below the median market's 19%, led by Basilicata Host to Host (11 listings). Counts are tracked public listings, not total supply.
Data updated
- Tracked listings
- 1,773
- Market rank
- #48 / 1,049
- Coverage share
- 0.2%
- Named professional operators
- 10
Airbnb vs Booking.com in Matera
In Matera, Booking.com leads with 981 listings (55%), versus 792 on Airbnb (45%).
Where the listings are in Matera
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 Matera
Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 3% of Airbnb listings and 2% of Booking.com listings. The 10 named professional operators run 36 local listings between them, and the three largest — Basilicata Host to Host, GuestHost and DolceBot S.r.l. — account for 61% of that. The other 9 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
- Professional share
- 3%
- Median market
- 19%
- Single-listing hosts
- 58%
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 30% of Matera's classified listings, followed by B&Bs & guest houses (29%).
Largest operators in Matera
Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Italy 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 | Basilicata Host to Host | 11 | 4.43 / 5 | 7.9 / 10 | 576 |
| 2 | GuestHost | 6 | 4.52 / 5 | 7.7 / 10 | 111,202 |
| 3 | DolceBot S.r.l. | 5 | 4.41 / 5 | 8.6 / 10 | 3,279 |
| 4 | Lumine Apulia | 5 | 4.62 / 5 | 7.5 / 10 | 753 |
| 5 | BarbarHouse srl | 2 | 4.32 / 5 | 8.1 / 10 | 10,576 |
| 6 | GESTIONE AFFITTI BREVI PROTETTI | 2 | 4.56 / 5 | 7.8 / 10 | 983 |
| 7 | homerez.com | 2 | 4.55 / 5 | 8.2 / 10 | 8,316 |
| 8 | Belvilla by OYO | 1 | 4.53 / 5 | 8.0 / 10 | 13,781 |
| 9 | bestwestern.com | 1 | 4.63 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 185,197 |
| 10 | Vita SRL | 1 | 4.46 / 5 | 8.5 / 10 | 3,295 |
Browse the full Italy operator directory →
Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across mainland Italy, Sicily and Sardinia and count Matera among their markets. See the full interactive Matera market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.
How Matera compares
Matera ranks 48th of 1,049 tracked markets in mainland Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, with 0.2% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:
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Porto Cesareo 1,904 listings
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Perugia 1,900 listings
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Lecco 1,870 listings
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San Vito Lo Capo 1,767 listings
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Villasimius 1,727 listings
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Livigno 1,705 listings
Photo credits
- Porto Cesareo: Photo: Porto Cesareo 4 by Paolo Damiano Dolce · CC BY-SA 4.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Perugia: Photo: Perugia-Piazza-del-Comune by Edward Stephenson · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Lecco: Photo: Lecco dai Piani d'Erna by Wikimedia Commons contributors · Public domain · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- San Vito Lo Capo: Photo: San Vito Lo Capo (TP) by Walter Lo Cascio from Caltanissetta, Italia · CC BY 2.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Villasimius: Photo: Villasimius 5 bordercropped by Wikimedia Commons contributors · CC BY-SA 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
- Livigno: Photo: Livigno - panoramio (25) retouched by qwesy qwesy · CC BY 3.0 · cropped and resized for display, via Wikimedia Commons
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Matera market FAQ
How many short-term rentals are in Matera?
Matera has 1,773 short-term rental listings as of November 2026: 792 on Airbnb and 981 on Booking.com.
Who is the largest short-term rental operator in Matera?
The largest professional operator in Matera is Basilicata Host to Host, with 11 local listings.
How professionalised is the Matera short-term rental market?
3% of Matera's listings (45 of 1,773) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, below the median of 1,049 markets across mainland Italy, Sicily and Sardinia (19%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 3% of Airbnb listings and 2% of Booking.com listings. The 10 named professional operators run 36 local listings between them, and the three largest — Basilicata Host to Host, GuestHost and DolceBot S.r.l. — account for 61% of that. The other 9 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.
Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Matera?
In Matera, Booking.com leads with 981 listings (55%), versus 792 on Airbnb (45%).
How many professional operators run listings in Matera?
10 named professional operators run listings in Matera. 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 1,773 public short-term rental listings in Matera, 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 Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .
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