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Short-term rentals in Zaventem

Zaventem (Flemish Brabant, Flanders) has 44 short-term rental accommodations out of 51 registered tourist accommodations, for 36,676 inhabitants.

short-term rental accommodations

registered tourist accommodations

STR accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants

1.2

inhabitants (1 January 2024)

36,676

units (rooms, homes)

963

people of capacity

2,049

Accommodation types

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

Accommodation types	Zaventem
Holiday homes and furnished letsSTR	1631.4%
B&Bs (chambres d’hôtes)STR	47.8%
Rooms in private homesSTR	2447.1%
Hotels	713.7%

STR per 1,000 inhab.

Density compared

Short-term rental accommodations per 1,000 inhabitants.

Zaventem1.2

Flanders4.5

Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia)3.3

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

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 Halle-Vilvoorde

Eurostat publishes these nights by arrondissement, not by municipality.

Show the data

Year	Nights
2018	74,121
2019	99,850
2020	56,908
2021	75,916
2022	126,484
2023	146,614
2024	167,681
2025	214,798

Seasonality in the province: Flemish Brabant (2025) · Show the data

Month	Share of the year
January	5%
February	5.4%
March	6.3%
April	9.5%
May	9.8%
June	8.8%
July	10.7%
August	11%
September	8.6%
October	9.6%
November	6.5%
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 Zaventem: data, rules and tools for hosts and property managers

Municipalities

Other municipalities: Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many tourist accommodations are registered in Zaventem?

Zaventem (Flemish Brabant) has 51 registered tourist accommodations, including 44 short-term rentals (holiday homes and furnished lets, gîtes, B&Bs, guest rooms).

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

Short-term rentals account for 86.3% of registered tourist accommodation in Zaventem (44 out of 51). That is 1.2 short-term rentals per 1,000 inhabitants.

What is the accommodation capacity in Zaventem?

According to official sources, Zaventem has 2,049 guest places (register capacity) and 963 rental units (rooms, homes).

How many tourist nights are recorded in Zaventem?

Eurostat does not publish these nights by municipality: the “Arrondissement Halle-Vilvoorde” area, which includes Zaventem, totals 214,798 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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