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Short-term rentals in Barcelona

Airbnb leads local supply with 60% of tracked listings. Stay U-nique SL is the largest professional operator in Barcelona, with 325 local listings.

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Tracked listings
12,438
Market rank
#4 / 425
Coverage share
2.6%
Professional operators
28

Airbnb vs Booking.com in Barcelona

In Barcelona, Airbnb leads with 7,491 tracked listings (60%), versus 4,947 on Booking.com (40%).

Where the listings are in Barcelona

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.

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Market structure in Barcelona

26% of Barcelona's tracked listings (3,216 of 12,438) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 425 tracked markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands (22%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 39% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 28 indexed professional operators run 1,576 local listings between them, and the three largest — Stay U-nique SL, Acomodis Apartments and AB Apartment Barcelona — account for 46% of that.

Professional share
26%
Median market
22%
Single-listing hosts
22%

Listings by operator portfolio size

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

  • Single listing 2,744
  • 2–5 listings 3,263
  • 6–25 listings 3,215
  • 26+ (professional) 3,216

Listings by property type

Apartments & flats make up 68% of Barcelona's classified Airbnb listings, followed by Private & shared rooms (18%). Booking.com listings in Barcelona are not classified by property type in this snapshot, so the mix shows Airbnb listings only.

  • Apartments & flats 5,069
  • Other 5
  • Private & shared rooms 1,348
  • Hotels & hostels 706
  • Houses, cottages & holiday homes 223
  • B&Bs & guest houses 109
  • Unique & outdoor 31

Largest operators in Barcelona

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 Barcelona, ranked by local tracked listings.
# Operator Listings Airbnb score Booking.com score Portfolio reviews
1 Stay U-nique SL 325 4.59 / 5 7.9 / 10 28,701
2 Acomodis Apartments 207 4.57 / 5 — 438
3 AB Apartment Barcelona 188 4.49 / 5 7.9 / 10 11,542
4 Habitat Apartments 121 4.54 / 5 7.7 / 10 14,612
5 Canela Homes 113 4.72 / 5 7.8 / 10 12,515
6 Alcam Apartments 96 4.34 / 5 7.7 / 10 4,507
7 Lodging Apartments 62 4.47 / 5 8.1 / 10 4,510
8 Ola Living 52 4.41 / 5 8.2 / 10 17,432
9 Olala Homes 51 4.52 / 5 8.0 / 10 26,740
10 Interhome 46 4.40 / 5 7.8 / 10 34,924

All 28 professional operators in Barcelona

Local listings

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

How Barcelona compares

Barcelona ranks 4th of 425 tracked markets in mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands, with 2.6% of tracked supply in this coverage. Markets of similar size:

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Barcelona market FAQ

How many short-term rentals are in Barcelona?

Barcelona has 12,438 tracked short-term rental listings as of July 2026: 7,491 on Airbnb and 4,947 on Booking.com.

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

The largest professional operator in Barcelona is Stay U-nique SL, with 325 local listings.

How professionalised is the Barcelona short-term rental market?

26% of Barcelona's tracked listings (3,216 of 12,438) are run by operators with 26 or more listings, above the median of 425 tracked markets across mainland Spain and the Balearic Islands (22%). Booking.com supply is more professionalised than Airbnb's: 39% of Booking.com listings sit with operators of that size, against 17% on Airbnb. The 28 indexed professional operators run 1,576 local listings between them, and the three largest — Stay U-nique SL, Acomodis Apartments and AB Apartment Barcelona — account for 46% of that.

Is Airbnb or Booking.com bigger in Barcelona?

In Barcelona, Airbnb leads with 7,491 tracked listings (60%), versus 4,947 on Booking.com (40%).

How many professional operators run listings in Barcelona?

28 indexed professional operators have a tracked presence in Barcelona. 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 12,438 public short-term rental listings in Barcelona, 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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