What short-term rentals earn, city by city
The observatory follows 4,512 active entire homes in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent. It ranks them by municipality and neighbourhood, compares one city with another, splits the year month by month and separates studios from large flats — with the full method published.
Brussels
- active entire homes
- 2,425
- median nightly rate
- €141
- nights booked per year (median)
- 138
- median gross annual revenue
- €18,000
Antwerp
- active entire homes
- 1,370
- median nightly rate
- €139
- nights booked per year (median)
- 84
- median gross annual revenue
- €12,600
Ghent
- active entire homes
- 717
- median nightly rate
- €160
- nights booked per year (median)
- 120
- median gross annual revenue
- €20,700
What the figures show
- Highest median gross annual revenue: Ghent, €20,700.
- Lowest of the three cities: Antwerp, €12,600.
- Highest median nightly rate: Ghent, €160.
- Most nights booked at the median: Brussels, 138 nights a year.
- 41 municipalities and neighbourhoods hold enough homes to be ranked.
Every figure in the observatory is a median: half of the homes do better, half do worse. We almost always add the middle half (from the first to the third quartile), because a market is not a single point. Revenue is estimated gross revenue, before any cost; the methodology page sets out every definition, filter and limit.
The series
Data: Inside Airbnb, snapshots of 20 September 2026 (Brussels), 23 September 2026 (Antwerp), 22 September 2026 (Ghent), CC BY 4.0. Active entire homes (at least one review in 12 months). Methodology.