Holiday rentals & guesthouses in Germany_
As of 4 November 2026, 60,279 holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are based in Germany; 118 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Companies
- 60,279
- Hiring now
- 118 · 7 new in 30 d
- Largest niche
- Holiday apartment rentals · 40,860
- Top city
- Berlin · 680
- Parent market
- Hospitality & travel · 196,100
Holiday rentals & guesthouses in Germany, broken down
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Holiday apartment rentals | 40,860 | 68% |
| Holiday house & cottage rentals | 16,458 | 27% |
| Farm stay holiday accommodation | 5,009 | 8% |
| City short stay apartments | 3,791 | 6% |
| Campsites & holiday parks | 2,429 | 4% |
| Holiday villa rentals | 2,332 | 4% |
| Bed & breakfast & guesthouses | 1,294 | 2% |
| Holiday rental agencies & managers | 865 | 1% |
| Workforce & contractor accommodation | 811 | 1% |
| Ski chalet rentals | 711 | 1% |
| Hotels | 319 | 1% |
| Accommodation booking aggregators | 306 | 1% |
| Country inns with restaurant | 179 | 0% |
| Spa & wellness hotels | 111 | 0% |
| Rural guesthouses & country inns | 88 | 0% |
| companies · hiring | |
|---|---|
| Self-employed | 52,524 · 7 |
| 2-10 employees | 7,500 · 83 |
| 11-50 employees | 199 · 15 |
| 51-200 employees | 45 · 10 |
| 201-500 employees | 7 · 2 |
| 501-1000 employees | 4 · 1 |
| companies | share | |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 680 | 1% |
| Hamburg | 644 | 1% |
| Oberstdorf | 366 | 1% |
| Esens | 353 | 1% |
| Stuttgart | 340 | 1% |
| Dresden | 313 | 1% |
| Fehmarn | 244 | 0% |
| Köln | 229 | 0% |
| München | 210 | 0% |
| Cuxhaven | 198 | 0% |
| Borkum | 186 | 0% |
| Norderney | 175 | 0% |
The biggest holiday rentals & guesthouses companies in Germany
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The stack of holiday rentals & guesthouses in Germany
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Other segments of hospitality & travel in Germany
Hospitality & travel in Germany, the whole market →
Restaurants pubs cafes · 93,758 →
Hotels inns & holiday accommodation · 30,635 →
Travel agencies booking · 16,877 →
Boating & watersports · 3,374 →
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60,279 holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are based in Germany; 118 are hiring right now and Berlin has the most. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/market/hospitality_travel/germany/holiday_rentals_and_guesthouses)
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- ClassificationEvery company is classified from its own website into vertical, sub-vertical and leaf with a confidence score; this page counts industry confidence ≥ 0.7 and country confidence ≥ 0.8.
- Company listRich profiles with a LinkedIn-known headcount only; job boards, directories, portals and non-organisations are left out.
- HiringOpen roles read hourly from the company's own career system.
Holiday rentals & guesthouses in Germany: questions
How many holiday rentals & guesthouses companies are there in Germany?
60,279 with a confident classification, read from their own websites.
What is a sub-vertical?
The middle level of our industry tree: Hospitality & travel → Holiday rentals & guesthouses → leaf niches such as holiday apartment rentals, holiday house & cottage rentals, farm stay holiday accommodation. Each company carries all three with a confidence score.
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