France has 63 STR providers. Here is what makes this market different.
France runs one of the most self-contained short-term-rental markets in Europe. When people picture the STR ecosystem they mostly mean the global, English-language stack: Guesty, PriceLabs, Airbnb. France built its own. Of the providers in the STR Market Map database, 63 are headquartered there, and the number is not the story. The shape of the stack is.
What the data shows
Three patterns that set the French market apart.
Maeva, PAP Vacances, HomeExchange, Mediavacances, Le Collectionist. Many predate Airbnb and still command real booking volume with French travelers, who often book through names that never appear in global STR roundups.
6 insurance and deposit companies plus 3 dedicated tax and compliance tools. LMNP status, meublé de tourisme declarations, and strict caution requirements created categories that barely exist elsewhere: Swikly, Safebooking, Gritchen, Fluxia, Short Rental Manager. Germany, a market of similar size, has almost none of this.
Superhote, Smily, GererMesLocs, MisterBooking, RentalReady. International tools are available, but French operators often choose local software for language, support, and French-specific requirements.
Local vs international, by category
Each bar is one category. The teal share is providers headquartered in France; the rest is the international providers that also serve France. France competes hardest where the rules are local: insurance, tax, and compliance. In booking, PMS, and smart home, the global players dominate. Click any bar to open that category on the live map.
France in the European context
How France compares to the other large European markets in the database, by number of providers headquartered there.
France ranks second in Europe by local provider count, behind the UK and just ahead of Spain. The difference is composition: France's bench is unusually deep in regulation-driven categories.
Providers vs market size
Local provider counts set against each market's size, measured by guest nights booked through major platforms in 2024 (Eurostat). It shows where the local software scene is thick or thin relative to real demand.
France is Europe's largest STR market by guest nights and carries the deepest local provider bench to match. Spain and Italy run on similar demand with proportionally fewer local tools, while Germany's smaller market supports more local software per guest night. EU markets only, since the UK is not part of the Eurostat platform dataset.
Where France's providers are based
Paris and its region account for more than half of the country's STR providers. Secondary clusters sit in the southeast, around Lyon, the Alps, and the Riviera, and on the Atlantic coast around Bordeaux.
The local France stack
The 63 providers headquartered in France, by category. Each company links to its profile. Under each group you can open the live map to see the international players in the same category.
Alliance Réseaux
Campings.com
HomeExchange
Ingenie
Le Collectionist
Maeva
misterb&b
MyHomeIn
PAP Vacances
Sunlocation
Arkiane
GererMesLocs
Homeresa
Medialog
MisterBooking
RentalReady
Septeo Pole Immobilier
Smily
Superhote
Gritchen
Horizon Assurances
Safebooking
Trustiway Insurance
TYLLT
Xplorassur
Jana
Mercure Gestion
MyWelcomeBook
Value Guest
Yaago
Check Easy
CozyUp
HomApp
PassPass
RoomChecking
FNAIM
J'affiche Complet
Réseau CLF
SPLM
Amivac
Maveriks
Triptic
Fluxia
Je Declare Mon Meuble
Short Rental Manager
D-EDGE
Homerez
Elloha
PopConnect
Cocoonr
Welkeys
Likibu
Badbugs
Face B
Goldorak
Swikly
Hosting Academy
Worldline
NetatmoAbout this data
STR Market Map tracks 860+ short-term rental providers across 22 categories and 52 countries. Have a comment, a correction, or a provider we are missing? Reach out at gernot@strmarketmap.com. Data current as of June 2026. Browse the full marketplace →