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Are you a homesharer who wishes to rent a room in your private residence?

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Private room rentals

According to this law you only need a registration number (free of any charges by the city) for renting a room in your main residence, provided that the share of this room is less than 50 % of the total size of your residence. A permit isn’t required according to the Zweckentfremdungsverbotsgesetz (ZwVbG), unless you want to rent out more than 50 % of the total size of your residence.

Display of registration number

In your Airbnb listing – as long as you are offering accommodation – you will need to provide a registration number. You can get this registration number from your local district office, where you must register your rental activity before renting for the first time. You must then enter your registration number in the appropriate field in your Airbnb listing. You can find that field by following these instructions: Go to “Listings” and select the listing for which you wish to add the registration number, go to “policies and rules” and scroll down until you see the section “laws and regulations”, next to “regulations” click on “edit”, and finally next to “Add a permit number” click on “add”. 

About Airbnb

Airbnb was born in 2007 when two Hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 4 million Hosts who have welcomed more than 1 billion guest arrivals across over 220 countries and regions. Travel on Airbnb keeps more of the financial benefits of tourism with the people and places that make it happen. Airbnb has generated billions of dollars in earnings for Hosts, most of whom are individuals listing the homes in which they live. Among Hosts who report their gender, more than half are women, and one in five employed Hosts are either teachers or healthcare workers. Travel on Airbnb also has generated more than $4 billion in tax revenue around the world. Airbnb has helped advance more than 1,000 regulatory frameworks for short-term rentals, including in 80% of our top 200 geographies. In late 2020, to support our continued expansion and diversification, we launched the City Portal to provide governments with a one-stop shop that supports data sharing and compliance with local registration rules. We continue to invest in innovations and tools to support our ongoing work with governments around the world to advance travel that best serves communities.

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