Orlando Airbnb Market
Trends & Insights

Not on current data. Orlando has 40,956 active entire-home listings, and revenue per listing over the last twelve months is up 4.1% year over year. A saturating market shows falling revenue per listing as supply outruns demand. Orlando suits investors who want the largest, most liquid vacation rental market in the country and can operate at scale, with 5 to 8 bedroom pool homes that sleep large groups. The main things to underwrite are parcel-level zoning (the exact county and overlay decide whether a home can rent at all), HOA rental rules, resort community dues and CDD assessments, and heavy supply growth that keeps nightly rates competitive. The saturation signal on this page tracks the ratio of listing growth to demand growth each month.

Over the trailing twelve months Orlando averaged $252 per night and 61% occupancy, with March the strongest month ($5,327 per listing) and September the weakest ($2,899). Spring break and the summer school holidays stack theme-park demand into March and June through July, while late August through September, after schools reopen and during hurricane season, is the slow stretch. Listings with a indoor fireplace earned about 20% more than the market baseline. The five-year charts on this page show how rate and occupancy have moved month by month.

Orlando short-term rental demand comes from four segments. (1) Theme parks: Disney, Universal (including Epic Universe), and SeaWorld draw multi-generational family groups who book large homes with pools for week-long stays. (2) Conventions: The Orange County Convention Center is one of the busiest in the country and fills midweek demand near International Drive. (3) Sports and events: ESPN Wide World of Sports youth tournaments, Camping World Stadium bowl games, and Orlando City and Magic games add weekend spikes across the year. (4) International travel: Orlando International Airport is a top gateway for Brazilian, British, and Canadian visitors who favor resort-style homes over hotels.

When new listings grow faster than booked nights, occupancy and nightly rates compress and per-listing revenue falls. Orlando's advantage is demand diversification: theme parks, conventions, sports and events, international travel do not all move together, which puts a floor under occupancy. The supply and demand chart on this page tracks active listings, available nights, and booked nights over time; treat supply growth above 20% with demand growth under 10% as a signal to be more selective on neighborhood and property type.

Three things: (1) supply growth in your target neighborhood, since above 15% a year competition intensifies; (2) nightly-rate direction, because falling rates signal oversupply while stable or rising rates (currently $252 in Orlando) indicate pricing power; and (3) regulatory changes. City of Orlando prohibits whole-home short-term rentals in residential zoning and only allows owner-occupied home sharing with a $275 first-year registration. The vacation rental market sits in unincorporated Osceola County, where short-term rentals are allowed inside the county's rental overlay with a Florida DBPR license, a $30 Local Business Tax Receipt, and self-remitted 6% Tourist Development Tax on top of 6% state sales tax and a 1.5% county surtax.

In Orlando, listings with a indoor fireplace earned roughly 20% more per year than the market baseline of $50,590. The amenity performance section on this page ranks every tracked amenity by revenue, rate, and occupancy lift so you can prioritize the upgrades that pay back fastest.