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Short-term rentals in Zürich

Airbnb dominates local supply with 74% of tracked listings, 2.8× the Booking.com inventory. PABS Résidences + Appartements AG is the largest professional operator in Zürich, with 134 local listings.

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Tracked listings
3,345
Market rank
#3 / 78
National share
4.9%
Professional operators
13

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Zürich

In Zürich, Airbnb leads with 2,472 tracked listings (74%), 2.8× the 873 on Booking.com (26%).

Where the listings are in Zürich

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 3,345 tracked listings — open the full interactive report

Market structure in Zürich

23% of Zürich's tracked listings (780 of 3,345) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 78 tracked markets across Switzerland (19%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 13 indexed professional operators run 535 local listings between them, and the three largest — PABS Résidences + Appartements AG, Swissstay Apartments and HITrental AG — account for 53% of that.

Professional share
23%
Median market
19%
Single-listing hosts
36%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 1,204
  • 2–5 listings 695
  • 6–25 listings 666
  • 26+ (professional) 780

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 70% of Zürich's classified listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (17%).

  • Apartments & flats 2,331
  • Private & shared rooms 558
  • Hotels & hostels 303
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 73
  • B&Bs & guest houses 68
  • Unique & outdoor 10
  • Other 2

Largest operators in Zürich

Ranked by local tracked listings across Airbnb and Booking.com. Scores and portfolio review totals are aggregated across each operator's tracked Switzerland listings. Together, the table and directory cover every professional operator we track in this market.

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Largest operators in Zürich, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 PABS Résidences + Appartements AG 134 4.83 / 5 8.9 / 10 2,766
2 Swissstay Apartments 96 4.33 / 5 7.4 / 10 1,633
3 HITrental AG 51 4.69 / 5 8.5 / 10 18,768
4 Residence Services Apartments 51 4.70 / 5 5,370
5 Cosy Stay AG 50 4.85 / 5 8.2 / 10 1,216
6 Book A Home AG 41 4.74 / 5 256
7 CITY STAY 31 4.26 / 5 7.3 / 10 6,302
8 Managed by Kamila 26 4.85 / 5 4.8 / 10 937
9 Le Bijou Hotel & Resort Management AG 20 4.86 / 5 8.8 / 10 4,531
10 Homenhancement 17 4.38 / 5 7.5 / 10 1,474

Operators enter the index after reaching 26 listings across Switzerland and count Zürich among their markets. Published profile URLs remain stable across data refreshes. See the full interactive Zürich market report for additional filters and operator comparisons.

How Zürich compares

Zürich ranks 3rd of 78 tracked markets in Switzerland, with 4.9% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Zürich market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Zürich?

Zürich has 3,345 tracked short-term rental listings as of August 2026: 2,472 on Airbnb and 873 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Zürich is PABS Résidences + Appartements AG, with 134 local listings.

How professionalised is the Zürich short-term rental market?

23% of Zürich's tracked listings (780 of 3,345) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 78 tracked markets across Switzerland (19%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 38% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 18% on Airbnb. The 13 indexed professional operators run 535 local listings between them, and the three largest — PABS Résidences + Appartements AG, Swissstay Apartments and HITrental AG — account for 53% of that.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Zürich?

In Zürich, Airbnb leads with 2,472 tracked listings (74%), 2.8× the 873 on Booking.com (26%).

How many professional operators run listings in Zürich?

13 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Zürich. 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 3,345 public short-term rental listings in Zürich, 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 Switzerland. Snapshot dates: Airbnb , Booking.com .

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