STR Observatory · Belgium

Short-term rentals in Mons

Mons (Hainaut, Wallonia) has 23 short-term rental accommodations out of 27 registered tourist accommodations, for 96,358 inhabitants.

short-term rental accommodations

registered tourist accommodations

STR accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants

0.2

inhabitants (1 January 2024)

96,358

In Wallonia, only offers published by the CGT are counted: the actual number of accommodations may be higher.

Accommodation types

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

Accommodation types	Mons
Holiday homes and furnished letsSTR	414.8%
Gîtes (holiday cottages)STR	933.3%
B&Bs (chambres d’hôtes)STR	1037%
Hotels	311.1%
Other (hostels, holiday villages…)	1–2 (masked)

STR per 1,000 inhab.

Density compared

Short-term rental accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants.

Mons0.2

Wallonia1

Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia)3.3

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

WalStat

Walloon tourism statistics

Authorised establishments and beds, nights recorded in the municipality (WalStat).

Establishments (2024)

Beds (2024)

1,036

Nights (2024)

150,732

Source: WalStat / IWEPS (via ODWB), CC0 licence.

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 Mons

Eurostat publishes these nights by arrondissement, not by municipality.

Show the data

Year	Nights
2018	20,602
2019	27,373
2020	23,822
2021	36,410
2022	49,706
2023	76,715
2024	107,184
2025	118,007

Seasonality in the province: Hainaut (2025) · Show the data

Month	Share of the year
January	4.5%
February	4.6%
March	5.4%
April	9.5%
May	9.6%
June	8.6%
July	11.4%
August	13%
September	8.2%
October	9.8%
November	7.1%
December	8.3%

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 Mons

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many tourist accommodations are registered in Mons?

Mons (Hainaut) has 27 registered tourist accommodations, including 23 short-term rentals (holiday homes and furnished lets, gîtes, B&Bs, guest rooms). In Wallonia, only offers published by the CGT are counted: the actual number of accommodations may be higher.

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

Short-term rentals account for 85.2% of registered tourist accommodation in Mons (23 out of 27). That is 0.2 short-term rentals per 1,000 inhabitants.

What is the accommodation capacity in Mons?

According to official sources, Mons has 1,036 authorised beds in 2024 (WalStat).

How many tourist nights are recorded in Mons?

WalStat records 150,732 nights in tourist accommodation in Mons in 2024.

Methodology

Sources

Source: CGT / Pivot via ODWB (Open Data Wallonie-Bruxelles).
odwb.be CGT / Pivot via ODWB
WalStat / IWEPS (via ODWB), CC0 licence: establishments, beds and nights in Walloon municipalities.
walstat.iweps.be CC0
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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