France has 71 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, 71 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.
5 insurance and deposit companies plus 4 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.
France built its own.
The shape of the stack, not the sizeLocal 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 ahead of Germany. 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. France, Spain and Italy all sit at much the same ratio, while Germany's far smaller market carries roughly three times that density. 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 just under 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 71 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
Gîtes de France
Give Me The Night
GreenGo
HomeExchange
Ingenie
Le Collectionist
Maeva
misterb&b
MyHomeIn
PAP Vacances
Sunlocation
Veepee Voyage
Plus 98 international Booking Platform providers serve France. See them on the map →
Arkiane
Biloki
GererMesLocs
Homeresa
Medialog
MisterBooking
RentalReady
Septeo Pole Immobilier
Smily
Superhote
Plus 115 international PMS providers serve France. See them on the map →
FNAIM
J'affiche Complet
Jean-Christophe Griselin
L'Avocat Investisseur
Réseau CLF
SPLMPlus 7 international Consulting providers serve France. See them on the map →
Jana
Mercure Gestion
MyWelcomeBook
Value Guest
YaagoPlus 48 international Guest Communication providers serve France. See them on the map →
Gritchen
Horizon Assurances
Safebooking
Trustiway Insurance
TYLLTPlus 4 international Insurance providers serve France. See them on the map →
Check Easy
CozyUp
HomApp
PassPass
RoomCheckingPlus 40 international Operations providers serve France. See them on the map →
Fluxia
Goldorak
Je Declare Mon Meuble
Short Rental ManagerPlus 6 international Tax & Compliance providers serve France. See them on the map →
Amivac
Maveriks
TripticPlus 28 international Direct Booking providers serve France. See them on the map →
Badbugs
Face B
NWN ExperiencePlus 7 international Services providers serve France. See them on the map →
D-EDGE
HomerezPlus 24 international B2B Distribution providers serve France. See them on the map →
Elloha
PopConnectPlus 15 international Channel Manager providers serve France. See them on the map →
Cocoonr
WelkeysPlus 3 international Franchise providers serve France. See them on the map →
cozycozy
LikibuPlus 6 international Metasearch providers serve France. See them on the map →
Easytex
Un Air de VacancesPlus 1 international Procurement provider serves France. See them on the map →
Hosting AcademyPlus 3 international Education & Training providers serve France. See them on the map →
WorldlinePlus 12 international Infrastructure providers serve France. See them on the map →
NetatmoPlus 56 international Smart Home providers serve France. See them on the map →
SwiklyAbout this data
STR Market Map tracks 1,000+ short-term rental providers across 20+ categories and 50+ countries. The France figures on this page are generated from the live database; this build ran on 2026-10-15. Have a comment, a correction, or a provider we are missing? Reach out at [email protected]. Browse the full marketplace →