Traverse City Airbnb & short-term-rental permit leads

Traverse City permit records in numbers

Phones: 1,147 of 1,530 (75%). That phone share is level with Michigan at 75%.

Traverse City: every published status reads "Active".

Filing dates run from April 22, 2024 to October 14, 2026, and 2025 is the busiest year with 753 records. This year has 621 filings to date; 2025 closed with 753. Twelve-month filings: 621, or 41% of Traverse City. The newest Traverse City record arrived on October 14, 2026; 51 arrived in the last 30 days.

Multi-property holders: 217 names, 881 records (58% of Traverse City), top holder 47 addresses.

Traverse City short-term rental rules

Traverse City requires an owner to hold a license before running a vacation home rental within the city.

Source: City of Traverse City, read on October 22, 2026.

Traverse City filings by month

Between October 2025 and September 2026 the Traverse City registers dated 570 filings, against 753 in the twelve months before: down 24%.

For Traverse City, the busiest month in the window was March 2026 with 540, the twelve-month average is 47.5 a month and 9 of those twelve months had no dated filing at all.

97% of the year's dated Traverse City filings, 555 of 570, fell in spring (March to May).

October 2026 so far: 51 dated filings, a partial month.

Since Traverse City vacation home rentals was first copied on July 6, 2026, 67 records have been added for Traverse City: 16 in July 2026 and 51 in October 2026.

The most recent Traverse City addition reached the database on October 14, 2026.

Traverse City permit status

Of the 1,530 Traverse City records, 1,454 (95%) read as active or issued.

What a Traverse City list contains

All 1,530 Traverse City rows have property address and permit or licence number. Partly filled: owner name on 1,511 (99%), phone on 1,147 (75%), status on 1,454 (95%) and filing date on 1,393 (91%). The register leaves business name, separate mailing address, ZIP code, email and permit type blank for Traverse City. Counted by channel, 1,147 rows can be called and 1,530 mailed.

The Traverse City short-term rental program

Traverse City charges a $200 application fee for a Vacation Home Rental licence. [1] A renewal application also costs $200. [1] Every Vacation Home Rental licence expires on December 31. [1] Renewals can only be processed between 90 and 30 days before the licence expires. [1]