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New Orleans permit records in numbers

29,130 of the 33,649 New Orleans records (87%) list a phone and 29,072 (86%) an email; 28,971 carry both. That phone share is level with Louisiana at 86%.

New Orleans splits by permit type into Short Term Rental (15,482, 46%), Non-Commercial Short Term Rental (6,488, 19%) and Short Term Rental Commercial Owner (5,489, 16%).

43% of the New Orleans records show the status "Expired"; after that come "Denied" (6,910) and "Pending" (3,618).

Filing dates run from March 13, 2017 to October 21, 2026, and 2019 is the busiest year with 5,702 records. 2026 so far: 5,523, against 2,902 for all of 2025. Twelve-month filings: 6,122, or 18% of New Orleans. The newest New Orleans record arrived on October 22, 2026; 473 arrived in the last 30 days.

3,173 names appear on two or more different New Orleans property addresses; together they cover 15,669 records (47%), and the largest holds 181 addresses.

New Orleans short-term rental rules

New Orleans does not allow a property to be used as a short-term rental unless it holds a permit. Rentals longer than thirty consecutive days count as long-term rentals and need no short-term rental permit.

Source: City of New Orleans Short Term Rental Administration, read on October 22, 2026.

New Orleans filings by month

New Orleans filings dated Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 come to 6,228, up 179% on the 2,235 dated Oct 2024 to Sep 2025.

The busiest month in the window was April 2026 with 2,295, the twelve-month average is 519 a month and the slowest was August 2026 with 162.

53% of the year's dated New Orleans filings, 3,310 of 6,228, fell in spring (March to May).

October 2026 so far: 75 dated filings, a partial month.

1,646 records have entered the New Orleans file since the first full copy of New Orleans STR permit applications (July 6, 2026), 507 in July 2026, 462 in August 2026, 469 in September 2026 and 208 in October 2026.

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

New Orleans permit status

By the status the register prints, the 33,649 New Orleans records split this way: 6,201 (18%) read as active or issued, 23,830 (71%) as expired, closed, revoked, withdrawn or denied and 3,618 (11%) as pending or still in application. Expired and closed permits stay in the file: they mark owners who let a permit lapse or stopped renting, which calls for a different message than a current operator gets.

What a New Orleans list contains

Every New Orleans record carries permit type and status. Partly filled: owner name on 33,642 (all but 7), property address on 33,388 (99%), phone on 29,130 (87%), email on 29,072 (86%), permit or licence number on 20,736 (62%) and filing date on 33,619 (all but 30). The register leaves business name, separate mailing address and ZIP code blank for New Orleans. Counted by channel, 29,130 rows can be called, 29,072 emailed and 33,388 mailed.

The New Orleans short-term rental program

Every short-term rental unit in Orleans Parish needs both an Owner permit and an Operator permit. [1] Non-commercial short-term rental (NSTR) permits are handed out by lottery under Section 26-617(g) of the City Code. [2] The Operator permit for a single non-commercial (NSTR) unit costs $150. [1] The Operator permit for a single commercial (CSTR) unit costs $1,000. [1]

New Orleans charges a per-night occupancy fee of $5 for non-commercial rentals and $12 for commercial rentals. [3] NSTR permits won in a lottery run until June 30 of the following year, and first-year fees are prorated by lottery quarter. [2] Short-term rentals in New Orleans pay the Orleans Parish occupancy tax of 6.75%, plus a 5% gross rentals tax, collected by the city's Bureau of Revenue. [3] The city publishes every STR permit application on data.nola.gov (dataset en36-xvxg), with permit type, status, expiration date, bedroom and guest limits, plus GIS maps of active STRs. [4]