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Short-term rentals in Leeuwarden

Leeuwarden is the 9th-largest of 91 short-term rental markets across the Netherlands: 1,256 listings, 65% on Airbnb. 26% of supply is run by professional operators, in line with the median market's 26%, led by Belvilla by OYO (162 listings).

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Tracked listings
1,256
Market rank
#9 / 91
National share
1.8%
Named professional operators
4

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Leeuwarden

In Leeuwarden, Airbnb leads with 820 listings (65%), versus 436 on Booking.com (35%).

Where the listings are in Leeuwarden

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 1,256 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Leeuwarden

Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 27% of Airbnb listings and 24% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 198 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, Happy Stay and Bungalow.Net Holidays Services BV — account for 96% of that. The other 127 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Professional share
26%
Median market
26%
Single-listing hosts
41%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 521
  • 2–5 listings 289
  • 6–25 listings 121
  • 26+ (professional) 325

Listings by property type

Houses, cottages & holiday homes make up 47% of Leeuwarden's classified listings, followed by Apartments & flats (17%).

  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 584
  • Apartments & flats 207
  • Unique & outdoor 193
  • B&Bs & guest houses 154
  • Private & shared rooms 59
  • Hotels & hostels 57
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Leeuwarden

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Netherlands listings. The table covers every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Leeuwarden, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Belvilla by OYO 162 4.57 / 5 8.1 / 10 16,677
2 Happy Stay 19 4.46 / 5 8.4 / 10 184
3 Bungalow.Net Holidays Services BV 9 4.56 / 5 7.6 / 10 3,573
4 NOVASOL AS 8 4.34 / 5 7.8 / 10 6,698

Browse the full Netherlands operator directory →

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across the Netherlands and count Leeuwarden among their markets. See the full interactive Leeuwarden market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Leeuwarden compares

Leeuwarden ranks 9th of 91 tracked markets in the Netherlands, with 1.8% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Leeuwarden market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Leeuwarden?

Leeuwarden has 1,256 short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 820 on Airbnb and 436 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Leeuwarden is Belvilla by OYO, with 162 local listings.

How professionalised is the Leeuwarden short-term rental market?

26% of Leeuwarden's listings (325 of 1,256) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, in line with the median of 91 markets across the Netherlands (26%). Professional operators hold a similar share on both platforms: 27% of Airbnb listings and 24% of Booking.com listings. The 4 named professional operators run 198 local listings between them, and the three largest — Belvilla by OYO, Happy Stay and Bungalow.Net Holidays Services BV — account for 96% of that. The other 127 listings run by operators with 26 or more listings belong to operators without a published profile.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Leeuwarden?

In Leeuwarden, Airbnb leads with 820 listings (65%), versus 436 on Booking.com (35%).

How many professional operators run listings in Leeuwarden?

4 named professional operators run listings in Leeuwarden. 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 1,256 public short-term rental listings in Leeuwarden, 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 the Netherlands. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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