STR Observatory · Belgium

Short-term rentals in Maldegem

Maldegem (East Flanders, Flanders) has 45 short-term rental accommodations out of 49 registered tourist accommodations, for 24,744 inhabitants.

short-term rental accommodations

registered tourist accommodations

STR accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants

1.8

inhabitants (1 January 2024)

24,744

units (rooms, homes)

177

people of capacity

553

Accommodation types

A sub-total of 1 or 2 accommodations is masked.

Accommodation types	Maldegem
Holiday homes and furnished letsSTR	3163.3%
B&Bs (chambres d’hôtes)STR	1224.5%
Rooms in private homesSTR	1–2 (masked)
Hotels	1–2 (masked)
Campsites and grounds	1–2 (masked)
Other (hostels, holiday villages…)	1–2 (masked)

STR per 1,000 inhab.

Density compared

Short-term rental accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants.

Maldegem1.8

Flanders4.5

Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia)3.3

Maldegem remains below its region’s average in STR accommodations per inhabitant.

Accommodation types

Comfort classification

Accommodations classified by Toerisme Vlaanderen (classes with at least 3 accommodations).

Comfort classification

Comfort classification	Accommodations
4 stars	12
3 stars	8

Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen — Basisregister Vlaams Logiesaanbod (free-to-use data).

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 Eeklo

Eurostat publishes these nights by arrondissement, not by municipality.

Show the data

Year	Nights
2018	12,716
2019	17,936
2020	13,241
2021	19,428
2022	25,624
2023	34,172
2024	40,873
2025	40,853

Seasonality in the province: East Flanders (2025) · Show the data

Month	Share of the year
January	4.9%
February	5.5%
March	6.2%
April	9.4%
May	9.4%
June	8.3%
July	11.4%
August	11.9%
September	8.2%
October	9.3%
November	6.6%
December	8.9%

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

Hosts and property managersShort-term rentals in Maldegem: data, rules and tools for hosts and property managers

Municipalities

Other municipalities: Arrondissement Eeklo

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many tourist accommodations are registered in Maldegem?

Maldegem (East Flanders) has 49 registered tourist accommodations, including 45 short-term rentals (holiday homes and furnished lets, gîtes, B&Bs, guest rooms).

What share of accommodation in Maldegem is short-term rental?

Short-term rentals account for 91.8% of registered tourist accommodation in Maldegem (45 out of 49). That is 1.8 short-term rentals per 1,000 inhabitants.

What is the accommodation capacity in Maldegem?

According to official sources, Maldegem has 553 guest places (register capacity) and 177 rental units (rooms, homes).

How many tourist nights are recorded in Maldegem?

Eurostat does not publish these nights by municipality: the “Arrondissement Eeklo” area, which includes Maldegem, totals 40,853 nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor in 2025.

Methodology

Sources

Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen — Basisregister Vlaams Logiesaanbod (free-to-use data).
toerismevlaanderen.be Bron: Toerisme Vlaanderen
Eurostat, CC BY 4.0 licence: platform nights and nights in collective accommodation.
ec.europa.eu 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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