Local Airbnb rules2026 30 sources cited
Is Airbnb Legal in Paris? 2026 Rules, Permits & Taxes
Airbnb is legal in Paris for a main home only: up to 90 nights a year with a city registration number. Any other home needs a change-of-use authorisation with compensation. Fines reach €100,000 per home.7,8,28
From 27 official sources and 2 Airbnb help pages. Not legal advice.
The short answer
Paris Airbnb Rules in Brief
- Main home only: up to 90 nights a year (cut from 120 on 1 January 2025), with the 13-character registration number on every listing.
- Second homes, offices and shops need a change-of-use authorisation with compensation (one to three times the area) before the first night; new tourist rentals are banned in the 1st to 11th arrondissements and the Butte Montmartre.
- Tourist tax is 5% of the nightly price per guest plus surcharges, 16.25% in all and at most €15.93 per adult per night; Airbnb collects it.
- Fines reach €100,000 per home plus up to €1,000 a day per m2; a court ordered a record €585,000 on 15 April 2026.
Browse the live Paris Airbnb market See Every Paris ListingRevenue, occupancy and nightly rates are in the Paris Airbnb market report .
At a glance
Paris Airbnb Rules at a Glance
- Registration required
- Yes
- Taxes on a stay
- 16.25%
- Yearly night cap
- 90 nights
- Fine for hosting without a permit
- Up to €100,000
- Active Airbnb listings
- 40,200
- Next rule change
- December 2026
The rules in brief
The rules a Paris host meets first, each linked to the ordinance, statute or official page it comes from. Details and exceptions follow below.
| Topic | Rule |
|---|---|
| Permit | Registration number for every tourist rental1,8,28 |
| Who can host | What counts as a main home7 |
| Where | Any other home needs a change-of-use authorisation first7,8,9 |
| Building rules | Co-ownership rules and the building manager7,21 |
| Night cap | Main home: 90 nights a calendar year1,7,8 |
| Minimum stay | Up to 90 consecutive days per guest19,28 |
| Guests | A room in your own home7,8,28 |
| Listing display | Number on every published listing7,8 |
| Platforms | Airbnb closes the calendar at the night limit28 |
| Safety | Smoke detector in every dwelling18 |
| Insurance | Check home insurance covers short lets18 |
| Neighbours | No key boxes on street furniture7,24 |
Your home
Can You Host an Airbnb in Paris? It Depends on the Home
Whether you can host in Paris turns on whose home it is and whether you live there.
Your main home, rented whole while you are away
Allowed with conditionsAllowed for up to 90 nights a calendar year after you declare it to the Ville de Paris and show the registration number on the listing. No change-of-use authorisation is needed, but you need a SIRET number and guests pay tourist tax.1,7,8
A second home or investment flat
Not allowedNot allowed without the mayor's change-of-use authorisation with compensation, needed from the first night. The register of such authorisations lists only 582 dwellings since 2010, and new tourist rentals are banned in the 1st to 11th arrondissements and the Butte Montmartre.7,8,10,25
A shop, workshop or office
Allowed with conditionsA shop or workshop needs the mayor's prior authorisation under the commercial-premises regulation, refused in the central control zone and on protected shopping streets. Other premises such as offices or garages need a change of destination under planning law.3,7
A tenant, or a home in social housing
Allowed with conditionsA private tenant needs the landlord's agreement and must tell the building manager. Social-housing tenants cannot let at all and risk losing their lease.7
Permit
Do You Need a Permit for Airbnb in Paris?
Yes. Short-term rental hosts in Paris need the Paris registration number for every furnished tourist rental from Ville de Paris, through its online declaration service (Direction du Logement et de l'Habitat); a national online service run by the Direction générale des Entreprises is due in the fourth quarter of 2026. It costs €0 in the first year (A main-home host pays nothing for the registration number or the SIRET number. A second home needs compensation (turning offices or shops into housing, or buying a compensation title) at a privately negotiated price; the city publishes no official tariff.) and €0 a year to renew.7,8,28
- Who needs it
- Every owner or tenant letting a whole home as a tourist rental, main home or not. A room let in your main home while you are present needs no registration, except bed-and-breakfast rooms.7,8,28
- Issued by
- Ville de Paris, through its online declaration service (Direction du Logement et de l'Habitat); a national online service run by the Direction générale des Entreprises is due in the fourth quarter of 2026
- Valid for
- The registration number stays valid until the declaration changes. Any change of details, or an end to letting, means withdrawing the declaration and filing a new one, which issues a new number. Numbers issued by the commune must be replaced by national ones within several months of the national service opening.
- Processing
- The registration number appears on screen as soon as the declaration is validated and is also sent by email; the city publishes no processing time for change-of-use authorisations.
- On listings
- The number must appear on every listing
- Platform checks
- Airbnb asks for the number before a Paris listing can host guests, and closes the calendar automatically once a main home reaches the legal night limit; hosts can ask for an exemption in their listing preferences.
Fees
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Registration numberFree of charge; the declaration takes a few minutes online. | €0 |
| SIRET business registrationFree of charge through the Guichet des formalités des entreprises. | €0 |
Who qualifies
- Main home: a dwelling lived in at least eight months a year (unless work, health or force majeure requires otherwise), let for no more than 90 nights a calendar year
- Any other home (second home, pied-à-terre, investment flat): change-of-use authorisation with compensation first, valid from the first night
- Shop, workshop, office or garage: a separate prior authorisation under the municipal regulation for commercial premises or a change of destination, and none in the central tourist-rental control zone
- A tenant needs the landlord's consent, and social housing cannot be used; a co-owned building's rules must allow it
How to apply
- Check that the home qualifies: it is your main home, the co-ownership rules allow tourist lets, and a tenant has the landlord's written consent. Social housing is excluded.
- For a home that is not your main home, first obtain the change-of-use authorisation with compensation (and the change of destination where needed); registration comes only after that.
- Create a Mon Paris account and file the online declaration in your own name (not your concierge's), using the property identifier from your latest tax notice. The number appears on screen and is emailed to you.
- Register through the Guichet des formalités des entreprises for a free SIRET number.
- Enter the number on every listing, including Airbnb, and tell your building manager (syndic) if you own or rent in a co-owned building.
- Choose the right accommodation category in the listing's regulations tab so that Airbnb collects the right tourist tax.
Applications go through the official application page .
Permit rules
- Registration number for every tourist rental
- Since 2017 every furnished tourist rental in Paris, main home or not, must be declared online to the Ville de Paris, which issues a registration number. The platform asks for the number and shows it on the listing.1,8,28
- The declaration is in the letting owner's own name
- The owner or tenant who lets the home must file the declaration; a concierge or management agency cannot file it in its own name.7,8
- Number on every published listing
- The registration number must appear on every listing. A host who lets without registering faces an administrative fine of up to €10,000.7,8
- Airbnb closes the calendar at the night limit
- Where registration applies, platforms must stop a main-home listing once it reaches the legal night limit. Airbnb closes the calendar automatically. Hosts who cannot occupy the home for work, health or force majeure reasons, or who let only on mobility leases, can request an exemption in their listing preferences.28
- Airbnb reports listing data to the city
- At the request of a municipality with a registration scheme, Airbnb gives it once a year the address, registration number, nights rented, host name and category (main home, second home or non-residential) of each listing. From May 2026, under EU rules, this data goes monthly to a government body that passes it on to eligible municipalities.28 In force since December 1, 2019
- National registration replaces local numbers from late 2026
- A host who already holds a number from the Ville de Paris will have several months to renew it through the national online service once it opens, planned for the fourth quarter of 2026. The Paris service remains the route until then.17
- SIRET business number
- Before the first let the host registers through the Guichet des formalités des entreprises, free of charge, to get a SIRET number used for tax filings.19
Who can host
Who Can Host an Airbnb in Paris, and Where
- What counts as a main home
- A main home is a dwelling occupied at least eight months a year, unless work, health or force majeure requires otherwise. It is generally the home where a person normally lives and has the strongest personal and professional ties.7
- Any other home needs a change-of-use authorisation first
- A second home, pied-à-terre or other flat that is not the host's main home can be let as a tourist rental only after the mayor grants a change-of-use authorisation with compensation. Unlike a main home, the authorisations are needed from the first night.7,8,9
- Compensation: one to three times the area, in the same quarter
- Compensation means turning premises that are not housing (offices, shops) into homes in the same administrative quarter. The area to convert equals the home outside the reinforced-compensation sector, is double inside it, and is triple where the city has issued more than 50 registration numbers per 1,000 main residences.2,9 In force since March 3, 2025
- No official price for a compensation title
- A host can convert their own non-housing premises or buy a compensation title from another owner. The city sets no tariff: the price is negotiated privately, and such authorisations are permanent and attached to the home.9
- New tourist rentals banned in the central arrondissements
- Paris's bioclimatic local plan (PLUb), in force since 29 November 2024, bans creating new tourist rentals in a control zone covering the 1st to 11th arrondissements and the Butte Montmartre, and bars turning offices into tourist rentals in buildings that contain housing. Existing tourist rentals, including lawful main-home lets, are not affected.4,25,28 In force since November 29, 2024
- Shops and workshops need the mayor's authorisation
- Letting commercial premises such as a shop or workshop as a tourist rental requires the mayor's prior authorisation under a municipal regulation updated in April 2025. It is refused in the PLUb control zone and on protected shopping streets, and where density tests show the transformation upsets the balance between housing, shops and hotels.3,7 In force since April 18, 2025
- Co-ownership rules and the building manager
- Tourist lets must comply with the co-ownership rules and the building's peace. New co-ownership rules since 21 November 2024 must say whether tourist lets are allowed, owners can vote by a two-thirds majority to ban lets in homes that are not main residences where the rules already bar commercial activity, and a registered owner must tell the syndic. The Conseil constitutionnel upheld that voting rule on 19 March 2026.7,21 In force since November 21, 2024
- Tenants need the landlord's agreement
- A tenant may sublet as a tourist rental only if the landlord allows it, and must tell the building manager after registering.7,19
- No tourist rentals in social housing
- Tourist letting is strictly forbidden in social-housing dwellings, and a tenant who does it risks losing the lease on top of the fines.7
Operating rules
Operating Rules for Paris Short-Term Rentals
- Main home: 90 nights a calendar year
- A main home declared as a tourist rental can be let at most 90 days in a calendar year. The Conseil de Paris cut the cap from 120 to 90 with effect from 1 January 2025.1,7,8 In force since January 1, 2025
- Over about four months a year, a main home becomes a second home in law
- Because a main home is lived in at least eight months a year, it cannot be let more than four months a calendar year as a tourist rental unless the host obtains a change-of-use authorisation, and then it is no longer a main home. In Paris, letting between 90 and 120 nights breaks the tourism-code cap (fine up to €15,000) without yet counting as a change of use.16
- A room in your own home
- Renting a single room inside your main home while you are present needs no authorisation or prior declaration, unless the home is used as a bed-and-breakfast (chambre d'hôtes). Such rooms carry no registration number and no night cap.7,8,28
- Sworn city inspectors can visit any premises
- Sworn agents of the municipal housing service may visit any premises, check declarations and ask owners, tenants or occupants for documents showing how the premises are used. Deliberately obstructing them is itself fined.7,22
- No key boxes on street furniture
- Since a mayoral order of 24 January 2025, key boxes and similar lockers may not be fixed to street furniture on Paris public roads. The city removes any it finds.7,24 In force since January 24, 2025
- Energy rating A to E for an authorisation
- For a change-of-use authorisation in mainland France the home's energy performance diagnostic (DPE) must show class A to E, and from 2034 class A to D.20
- Smoke detector in every dwelling
- Every dwelling must have at least one approved smoke detector. A tourist rental that sleeps 15 people falls under the fire rules for buildings open to the public.18
- Check home insurance covers short lets
- Home insurance must cover seasonal letting, so the host should confirm this with the insurer before the first booking.18
Taxes
How Much Are Airbnb Taxes in Paris?
About 16.25% of the nightly price per guest (the 5% municipal share plus the 10%, 15% and 200% surcharges on it), capped at €15.93 per adult per night, which is reached at about €98 per person per night. Minors are exempt but count when the price is divided per person.
16.25% in all
How the 16.25% on a Paris stay splits between the taxes in the table below
- Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge 10%
- Taxe de séjour (tourist tax), municipal share 5%
- Grand Paris surcharge (Société des grands projets) 0.75%
- Departmental surcharge on the tourist tax 0.5%
- Median nightly rate, booked nights
- US$190
- Taxes on that night (16.25%)
- US$31
- Guest pays, before Airbnb and cleaning fees
- US$221
| Tax | Rate | Collected by |
|---|---|---|
| Taxe de séjour (tourist tax), municipal share 5% of the nightly price per person, before tax, for an unclassified home | 5%11,12,29 | Airbnb |
| Departmental surcharge on the tourist tax 10% of the municipal share, equal to 0.5% of the nightly price per person | 0.5%14,29 | Airbnb |
| Grand Paris surcharge (Société des grands projets) 15% of the municipal share, equal to 0.75% of the nightly price per person | 0.75%15,29 | Airbnb |
| Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge 200% of the municipal share, equal to 10% of the nightly price per person, since 2025 | 10%11,14,15 | Airbnb |
| VAT on para-hotel lets 10% only when the host supplies at least 3 of 4 hotel-type services (breakfast, regular cleaning, linen, reception) | 10%28 | Host |
At Paris's median booked rate of US$190 a night, the taxes collected on a booking come to about US$31 a night.
What the host still handles
- Paris registration number for each home, filed online in the letting owner's own name
- SIRET number through the Guichet des formalités des entreprises (free of charge)
- Monthly tourist-tax declaration and quarterly payment on the Ville de Paris portal for stays not booked through a platform that collects the tax
- CFE (cotisation foncière des entreprises, a local business tax): furnished letting is a business activity for CFE, exempt at €5,000 or less of receipts and, unless the commune decides otherwise, for a tourist rental of your own home
- VAT registration only if hotel-type services are supplied (at least 3 of 4)11,12,13,14,26,29
Fines
How to Avoid Airbnb Fines in Paris
Fines in Paris fall on hosting without the approvals described above, or outside the rules. With them in hand and the rules followed, none of the fines below apply.
- Letting a home that is not your main home without a change-of-use authorisation: civil fine up to €100,000 per home, plus up to €1,000 a day per square metre until the home goes back to housing use.6,7,16
- Renting a main home beyond the night cap (90 in Paris): civil fine up to €15,000 per furnished rental under the national code.16
- Letting without the required registration number: administrative fine imposed by the commune, up to €10,000; false statements or a false number, up to €20,000.27
- Letting a shop or workshop as a tourist rental without the mayor's authorisation: fine up to €25,000.7
- False declarations, or concealing or trying to conceal the premises let: criminal penalties of up to one year in prison and a €80,000 fine.7
- Deliberately obstructing the city's housing inspectors: fine of €2,250.7
- On 15 April 2026 the Paris court fined a property company a record €585,000 for turning a whole building in the 9th arrondissement into 11 tourist rentals, and ordered the activity to stop under a penalty of €1,000 a day per home.23
Changes
What's Changed in Paris's Airbnb Rules, and What's Next
2 changes are scheduled after October 20, 2026; the most recent rules are listed first.
- January 1, 2027 Upcoming2027 Paris tourist-tax grid identical to 2026
The Ville de Paris states that the tariff grid from 1 January 2027 will be the same as in 2026, subject to later changes in the law.13
- December 2026 UpcomingNational registration service due to open
The Direction générale des Entreprises plans to open the national online registration service in the fourth quarter of 2026; Paris numbers must then be renewed nationally within several months.17
- October 1, 2026Online quarterly payment of the Paris tourist tax
From 1 October 2026 hosts can pay the quarterly tourist tax online from their declaration account, starting with the third quarter of 2026.13
- May 20, 2026
- April 17, 2026Record EUR 585,000 fine announced
The city announced a court judgment of 15 April 2026 fining a property company €585,000 for converting a whole building into 11 tourist rentals.23
- April 14, 2026City plans to reserve tourist rentals to main homes
At the Conseil de Paris of 14 April 2026 the new mayor said the city wants to end permanent multi-letting, reserve tourist rentals to main residences within 90 days a year, and create a housing protection brigade.22
- March 19, 2026Constitutional Council upholds co-ownership ban rule
Decision no. 2025-1186 QPC of 19 March 2026 found the two-thirds vote rule for banning tourist rentals in co-owned buildings consistent with the Constitution.21
- January 1, 2026
- April 18, 2025
- March 3, 2025Change-of-use regulation updated
The Conseil de Paris adopted an updated municipal change-of-use regulation on 11 to 14 February 2025 (2025 DLH 44), published on 3 March 2025, including compensation rules for tourist rentals.2
- January 24, 2025Key boxes banned on street furniture
A mayoral order of 24 January 2025 forbids fixing key boxes and similar devices to street furniture on Paris public roads.24
- January 1, 2025Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge on the tourist tax
A surcharge of 200% of the municipal share applies to the tourist tax in Paris and the rest of Île-de-France from 2025.11
- January 1, 2025Main-home cap cut from 120 to 90 nights
The Conseil de Paris decided on 17 to 20 December 2024 (2024 DLH 398) to lower the cap for a declared main home to 90 days a calendar year from 1 January 2025.1
- November 29, 2024
- November 19, 2024Le Meur law widens mayors' powers
Law no. 2024-1039 of 19 November 2024 let communes lower the main-home cap to 90 nights, tightened change-of-use control, raised fines and made registration national.16
Listing data
What Paris's Listings Show
AirROI, a short-term-rental data firm, counted 40,200 active Airbnb listings in Paris over the 12 months to September 2026. 90% of them displayed a permit, licence or registration number.
Minimum stay set on Paris listings
Share of active listings by the shortest stay they accept
Minimum stay in numbers
| Shortest stay accepted | Share of listings |
|---|---|
| 1 night | 17% |
| 2 nights | 31% |
| 3 nights | 20% |
| 4–6 nights | 13% |
| 7–29 nights | 5% |
| 30+ nights | 15% |
What officials report
- 98,000
- Tourist rentals registered on the city's service · as of January 2025Nearly 98,000 furnished tourist rentals were registered on the Ville de Paris online service on 1 January 2025.4
- 582
- Dwellings with a change-of-use authorisation for tourist letting · as of June 2026The city's open-data register lists 265 decisions covering 582 dwellings between 2010 and 2026, for main homes let over four months a year and for any let outside a main home.10
- €585,000
- Largest fine ordered against a landlord · as of April 2026On 15 April 2026 the Paris court fined a property company €585,000 for converting a building into 11 tourist rentals.23
- 2,252
- Homes offered on Airbnb in the 9th arrondissement · as of April 2026Of about 41,000 homes in the 9th arrondissement, 2,252 were offered on Airbnb (5.5%), nearly half by professional operators, according to the city.23
- 30
- City inspectors for tourist rentals · as of April 2026A team of about thirty city agents checks compliance, and the city plans to increase it through the mandate.22
- 48,322
- Entire-home listings available on Airbnb in Paris (Apur estimate) · as of October 2025The Atelier parisien d'urbanisme counted 48,322 entire-home listings open for booking on Airbnb in October 2025, out of 82,045 listings in all; 41% of the entire homes belonged to hosts with several listings.30
Earnings
What Could a Paris Short-Term Rental Earn?
The rules shape the numbers: a registration that costs €0 in the first year, a cap of 90 nights a year and taxes of 16.25% that Airbnb adds to guests' bills. For a specific address, the short-term rental calculator estimates revenue, occupancy and nightly rate from comparable listings, so you can test the numbers before applying.
FAQ
Paris Airbnb Rules: Frequently Asked Questions
Is Airbnb legal in Paris?
Do I need a permit or registration number for Airbnb in Paris?
How much does the Paris registration cost?
How many nights can I rent my home in Paris?
Can I rent a home I don't live in?
Can I rent a room in my own home?
Does Airbnb collect the tourist tax in Paris?
How much is the tourist tax in Paris?
What is the fine for Airbnb without authorisation in Paris?
Can I sublet as a tenant or ban Airbnb in my co-owned building?
Will Paris tighten the rules further?
How many Paris Airbnbs are registered?
In AirROI's listing data, 90% of the 40,200 Paris Airbnb listings active in the 12 months to September 2026 displayed a permit, licence or registration number. A number on a listing shows the host entered one; it doesn't confirm the permit is valid.
How much does an Airbnb make in Paris?
The average Paris listing earned US$37,200 in the 12 months to September 2026, according to AirROI, averaged across every active listing including those booked for only part of the year. The Paris Airbnb market report breaks it down by month, property size and neighborhood.
Method
How These Rules Were Checked
Each rule on this page was checked in October 2026 against the official source cited beside it: the ordinance or statute, the permit office's own pages and the tax authority. Airbnb's help pages are cited on their own only for what Airbnb itself does, such as the taxes it collects and the permit checks it runs, and otherwise only beside an official source; news reports only for when a change was announced. Rules that could not be confirmed on an official page are left out. The Légifrance statute page (L324-1-1) cannot be read by script and is cited only for the 20 May 2026 date, taken from the country file, whose researcher read it in a browser. The L651-2 page was read from an Internet Archive copy.
Rules change with council votes, court rulings and new state laws, so the page is rechecked every three months and whenever a scheduled change takes effect. It summarizes the rules for information and is not legal advice; the local authority has the final word on any application.
Listing figures come from AirROI's tracking of 40,200 active Paris Airbnb listings over the 12 months to September 2026.
Sources
Sources
Each rule above links to the source it comes from. Official ordinances, statutes and government pages come first, then Airbnb's own help pages.
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