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Short-term rentals in Bruxelles

Bruxelles (Brussels-Capital, 196,828 inhabitants): the region does not publish an accommodation register. The figures below come from Inside Airbnb and Eurostat.

No open register in Brussels

The Brussels-Capital Region does not publish its tourist accommodation register: no number of registered accommodations can be shown for this municipality.

Inside Airbnb

Airbnb listings

Latest Inside Airbnb snapshot for the municipality.

Listings

1,532

Entire homes

73.3%

Hosts

834

Listings from multi-listing hosts

63.9%

Median price / night

€143

Number of listings over time

−14% · 27 December 2025 → 20 September 2026

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Snapshot	Listings
27 December 2025	1,782
29 March 2026	1,170
27 June 2026	1,602
20 September 2026	1,532

Source: Inside Airbnb (insideairbnb.com), CC BY 4.0 licence, snapshot of 20 September 2026. Third-party estimate from a public collection of listings, Airbnb only: this is not an official count.

Online platforms

Nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor

Experimental Eurostat statistics, based on data shared by the four platforms: they also cover Brussels, which has no open register.

Platform nights: Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale

Eurostat publishes these nights by arrondissement, not by municipality.

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Year	Nights
2018	1,699,341
2019	2,110,017
2020	840,589
2021	890,506
2022	1,750,990
2023	2,207,374
2024	2,313,855
2025	2,283,842

Seasonality in the province: Brussels-Capital (2025) · Show the data

Month	Share of the year
January	6.1%
February	6.7%
March	7.6%
April	9.2%
May	9.4%
June	8.5%
July	9.6%
August	9.6%
September	7.9%
October	9%
November	7.1%
December	9.2%

Source: Eurostat, tour_ce_oan3 / tour_ce_omn12 / tour_ce_oarc (experimental statistics), CC BY 4.0 licence.

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Municipalities

Other municipalities: Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Why is there no count of registered accommodation in Bruxelles?

The Brussels-Capital Region does not publish its tourist accommodation register: no number of registered accommodations can be shown for this municipality.

How many Airbnb listings are there in Bruxelles?

Inside Airbnb counted 1,532 Airbnb listings in Bruxelles on 20 September 2026. 73.3% are entire homes. Third-party estimate from a public collection of listings, Airbnb only: this is not an official count.

How many tourist nights are recorded in Bruxelles?

Eurostat does not publish these nights by municipality: the “Arrondissement de Bruxelles-Capitale” area, which includes Bruxelles, totals 2,283,842 nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor in 2025.

Methodology

Sources

Eurostat, CC BY 4.0 licence: platform nights and nights in collective accommodation.
ec.europa.eu CC BY 4.0
Inside Airbnb (insideairbnb.com), CC BY 4.0 licence: listings in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent.
insideairbnb.com CC BY 4.0
FPS Finance / AGDP (SPF Finances): municipal boundaries and NIS codes.
finances.belgium.be SPF Finances / AGDP
GISCO, © EuroGeographics: NUTS correspondences and municipal population on 1 January 2024.
ec.europa.eu © EuroGeographics

Privacy (GDPR)

Only aggregates are published: no individual accommodation record.
A municipality is only shown from 5 accommodations (or listings).
Any sub-total of 1 or 2 accommodations is masked.
No name, address, email or phone number is displayed or downloadable.

Aggregates only: a municipality is published from 5 accommodations, sub-totals of 1 or 2 are masked, no names or contacts.

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