Louisville Airbnb & short-term-rental permit leads

Louisville permit records in numbers

Phones: 2,501 of 2,562 (98%); emails: 2,502 (98%); both: 2,472. Kentucky as a whole sits at 62% with a phone, 36 points lower.

4% of the Louisville records show the status "Or2"; after that come "(c3)" (109) and "(c2)" (86).

Filing dates run from June 10, 2025 to October 22, 2026. 2026 is already the busiest year, with 1,018 records so far against 548 for all of 2025. 1,219 Louisville records were filed in the last 12 months, 48% of the file. The newest Louisville record arrived on October 22, 2026; 85 arrived in the last 30 days.

150 names appear on two or more different Louisville property addresses; together they cover 509 records (20%), and the largest holds 18 addresses.

Louisville short-term rental rules

Program page: Louisville Metro Office of Planning. Its site blocks automated reads, so the rules are linked here rather than restated.

Louisville filings by month

The last twelve full months (Oct 2025 to Sep 2026) carry 1,209 dated Louisville filings. The same months a year earlier carried 296, so the pace is up 308%.

For Louisville, the busiest month in the window was April 2026 with 151, the twelve-month average is 100.8 a month and the slowest was October 2025 with 75.

October 2026 so far: 61 dated filings, a partial month.

Since Louisville Metro STR registrations was first copied on July 6, 2026, 333 records have been added for Louisville: 99 in July 2026, 81 in August 2026, 89 in September 2026 and 64 in October 2026.

The most recent Louisville addition reached the database on October 22, 2026.

Louisville permit status

Grouped by published status, Louisville's 2,562 records break down as follows: 1,561 carry labels that describe something other than standing, such as "OR2" and "(C3)".

What a Louisville list contains

Every Louisville record carries permit or licence number. Partly filled: owner name on 2,553 (all but 9), business name on 1,566 (61%), property address on 1,566 (61%), phone on 2,501 (98%), email on 2,502 (98%), status on 1,565 (61%) and filing date on 1,566 (61%). The register leaves separate mailing address, ZIP code and permit type blank for Louisville. By channel: 2,501 rows can be called, 2,502 emailed and 1,566 mailed.

The Louisville short-term rental program

Conditional use permits for short-term rentals are issued by the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment. [1] Louisville Metro defines a short-term rental as a dwelling unit rented for a tenancy of less than 30 consecutive days. [1] Every short-term rental host in Louisville Metro must register each rental with the Office of Planning every year. [1] Hosts must also register with the Louisville Metro Revenue Commission for tax purposes. [1]

Louisville publishes an open dataset of short-term rental permit status (LOJIC open data hub: louisville-metro-opendata-lojic.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/LOJIC::louisville-metro-ky-short-term-rentals); permits in Jefferson County's suburban cities are not included. [1]