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Is Airbnb Legal in Paris? 2026 Rules, Permits & Taxes

Source: AirROI Reviewed by , Founder @ AirROI Rules checked

From 27 official sources and 2 Airbnb help pages. Not legal advice.

The short answer

Paris Airbnb Rules in Brief

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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.

Paris Airbnb Rules at a Glance
TopicRule
PermitRegistration number for every tourist rental1,8,28
Who can hostWhat counts as a main home7
WhereAny other home needs a change-of-use authorisation first7,8,9
Building rulesCo-ownership rules and the building manager7,21
Night capMain home: 90 nights a calendar year1,7,8
Minimum stayUp to 90 consecutive days per guest19,28
GuestsA room in your own home7,8,28
Listing displayNumber on every published listing7,8
PlatformsAirbnb closes the calendar at the night limit28
SafetySmoke detector in every dwelling18
InsuranceCheck home insurance covers short lets18
NeighboursNo 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 conditions

A room in your main home while you are there

Allowed

A second home or investment flat

Not allowed

A shop, workshop or office

Allowed with conditions

A tenant, or a home in social housing

Allowed with conditions

A home in a co-owned building

Allowed with conditions

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
Issued by
Valid for
Processing
On listings
Platform checks

Fees

Fees
FeeAmount
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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Register through the Guichet des formalités des entreprises for a free SIRET number.
  5. Enter the number on every listing, including Airbnb, and tell your building manager (syndic) if you own or rent in a co-owned building.
  6. 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
The declaration is in the letting owner's own name
Number on every published listing
Airbnb closes the calendar at the night limit
Airbnb reports listing data to the city
National registration replaces local numbers from late 2026
SIRET business number

Who can host

Who Can Host an Airbnb in Paris, and Where

What counts as a main home
Any other home needs a change-of-use authorisation first
Compensation: one to three times the area, in the same quarter
No official price for a compensation title
New tourist rentals banned in the central arrondissements
Shops and workshops need the mayor's authorisation
Co-ownership rules and the building manager
Tenants need the landlord's agreement
No tourist rentals in social housing

Operating rules

Operating Rules for Paris Short-Term Rentals

Main home: 90 nights a calendar year
Over about four months a year, a main home becomes a second home in law
A room in your own home
Sworn city inspectors can visit any premises
No key boxes on street furniture
Energy rating A to E for an authorisation
Smoke detector in every dwelling
Check home insurance covers short lets
Up to 90 consecutive days per guest

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
How Much Are Airbnb Taxes in Paris?
TaxRateCollected by
Taxe de séjour (tourist tax), municipal share 5% of the nightly price per person, before tax, for an unclassified home5%11,12,29Airbnb
Departmental surcharge on the tourist tax 10% of the municipal share, equal to 0.5% of the nightly price per person0.5%14,29Airbnb
Grand Paris surcharge (Société des grands projets) 15% of the municipal share, equal to 0.75% of the nightly price per person0.75%15,29Airbnb
Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge 200% of the municipal share, equal to 10% of the nightly price per person, since 202510%11,14,15Airbnb
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%28Host
Total for most hosts 16.25% · All by Airbnb

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

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.

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.

  1. January 1, 2027 Upcoming
    2027 Paris tourist-tax grid identical to 2026
  2. December 2026 Upcoming
    National registration service due to open
  3. October 1, 2026
    Online quarterly payment of the Paris tourist tax
  4. May 20, 2026
    National registration provisions in force in the code
  5. April 17, 2026
    Record EUR 585,000 fine announced
  6. April 14, 2026
    City plans to reserve tourist rentals to main homes
  7. March 19, 2026
    Constitutional Council upholds co-ownership ban rule
  8. January 1, 2026
    Paris tourist-tax tariff updated
  9. April 18, 2025
    Commercial-premises regulation updated
  10. March 3, 2025
    Change-of-use regulation updated
  11. January 24, 2025
    Key boxes banned on street furniture
  12. January 1, 2025
    Île-de-France Mobilités surcharge on the tourist tax
  13. January 1, 2025
    Main-home cap cut from 120 to 90 nights
  14. November 29, 2024
    Local plan bans new tourist rentals in the centre
  15. November 19, 2024
    Le Meur law widens mayors' powers

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
Minimum stay set on Paris listings
Shortest stay acceptedShare of listings
1 night17%
2 nights31%
3 nights20%
4–6 nights13%
7–29 nights5%
30+ nights15%

What officials report

98,000
582
€585,000
2,252
30
48,322

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.

Estimate what a Paris home could earn

FAQ

Paris Airbnb Rules: Frequently Asked Questions

Is Airbnb legal in Paris?

Yes, but only for a main home: you can let it for up to 90 nights a year once the Ville de Paris has issued a registration number. Any other home needs a change-of-use authorisation with compensation before the first night.1,7,8

Do I need a permit or registration number for Airbnb in Paris?

Yes. You must declare each home online to the Ville de Paris, obtain a registration number and show it on every listing. A second home also needs the mayor's change-of-use authorisation first.7,8

How much does the Paris registration cost?

The registration number and the SIRET business number are free of charge. A second home needs compensation, converting offices or shops into housing, which is priced privately because the city sets no tariff.9,28

How many nights can I rent my home in Paris?

A main home can be let up to 90 nights in a calendar year, lowered from 120 on 1 January 2025. Airbnb closes the calendar automatically once the limit is reached.1,28

Can I rent a home I don't live in?

Only with the mayor's change-of-use authorisation, which requires compensation of one to three times the area, and the local plan bars creating new tourist rentals in the 1st to 11th arrondissements and the Butte Montmartre. The city's register lists only 582 such dwellings since 2010.2,7,10,25

Can I rent a room in my own home?

Yes. A single room let in your main home while you are present needs no authorisation or declaration, unless it is run as a bed-and-breakfast.7,8

Does Airbnb collect the tourist tax in Paris?

Yes. Airbnb collects the tourist tax and its surcharges on bookings made on its platform and pays them to the city, so hosts have nothing to declare for those bookings.14,29

How much is the tourist tax in Paris?

For an unclassified home it is 5% of the nightly price per person plus surcharges of 10%, 15% and 200% of that share, about 16.25% in all and at most €15.93 per adult per night. Minors are exempt.11,12,13

What is the fine for Airbnb without authorisation in Paris?

Up to €100,000 per home for letting a second home without a change-of-use authorisation, plus up to €1,000 a day per square metre until it returns to housing use. Exceeding the 90-night cap costs up to €15,000.7,16

Can I sublet as a tenant or ban Airbnb in my co-owned building?

A tenant needs the landlord's agreement, and social-housing tenants cannot let at all. Co-owners can vote by two-thirds to ban tourist lets in homes that are not main residences where the rules already bar commercial use.7,21

Will Paris tighten the rules further?

The new mayor said on 14 April 2026 that the city wants tourist rentals limited to main residences at up to 90 nights a year; the rules above apply until a new vote. A national registration service is also due in the fourth quarter of 2026.17,22

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.

  1. 1. 2024 DLH 398 - Abaissement du plafond de location de la résidence principale en meublé de tourisme à 90 jours (Conseil de Paris, 17 to 20 December 2024) · Conseil de Paris
  2. 2. Règlement municipal fixant les conditions de délivrance des autorisations de changement d'usage de locaux d'habitation (2025 DLH 44) · Ville de Paris
  3. 3. Règlement municipal sur la location de locaux à usage commercial en meublés de tourisme (2025 DLH 106) · Ville de Paris
  4. 4. 2025 DLH DU DAE 106 - Modification du règlement municipal sur les locaux à usage commercial en meublés de tourisme · Ville de Paris
  5. 5. Code du tourisme, article L324-1-1 (version en vigueur depuis le 20 mai 2026) · Légifrance
  6. 6. Code de la construction et de l'habitation, article L651-2 · Légifrance
  7. 7. La location meublée touristique : les règles à suivre · Ville de Paris
  8. 8. Déclaration des meublés de tourisme · Ville de Paris
  9. 9. Le changement d'usage à caractère réel avec compensation · Ville de Paris, Direction du Logement et de l'Habitat
  10. 10. Registre des autorisations de changement d'usage pour les meublés touristiques · Paris Data (Ville de Paris)
  11. 11. Évolution en 2026 de la taxe de séjour à Paris · Service Public Entreprendre (DILA)
  12. 12. Les tarifs de la taxe de séjour en vigueur à Paris à partir du 1er janvier 2026 · Ville de Paris
  13. 13. Taxe de séjour PARIS · Ville de Paris
  14. 14. Taxes et impôts · Ville de Paris
  15. 15. Taxe de séjour · Collectivités locales (DGCL)
  16. 16. La location touristique meublée · Ministère de la Transition écologique
  17. 17. L'API meublés, guichet unique de centralisation des données d'activité des intermédiaires de meublés de tourisme · Direction générale des Entreprises
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  20. 20. Faire de sa résidence secondaire une location de vacances (meublé de tourisme) · Service Public (DILA)
  21. 21. Décision n° 2025-1186 QPC du 19 mars 2026 · Conseil constitutionnel
  22. 22. Lutte contre la spéculation et les logements inoccupés : comment Paris va s'engager · Ville de Paris
  23. 23. Victoire pour la brigade de protection du logement à Paris · Ville de Paris, Presse
  24. 24. Boîtes à clés interdites sur l'espace public : ce qu'il faut savoir (et faire) · Ville de Paris
  25. 25. Plan local d'urbanisme bioclimatique : vers un Paris plus vert et plus solidaire · Ville de Paris
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  27. 27. Guide pratique 2025 de la réglementation des meublés de tourisme · Ministère de la Transition écologique
  28. 28. Responsible hosting in France · Airbnb Help Center
  29. 29. Tourist tax collection and remittance by Airbnb in France · Airbnb Help Center
  30. 30. Locations meublées touristiques à Paris en 2025 (Note n°281) · Atelier parisien d'urbanisme (Apur)