Philadelphia Airbnb & short-term-rental permit leads

Philadelphia permit records in numbers

No phone or email is published for the 1,326 Philadelphia records. 1,323 records have the property address and 1,326 name the owner or business.

"Active" covers 595 Philadelphia records, followed by "Inactive" (551) and "Expired" (84).

Filing dates run from March 22, 2022 to October 21, 2026, and 2023 is the busiest year with 423 records. 2026 stood at 190 by the newest record, 2025 at 187 for the full year. The last 12 months account for 216 filings (16%). October 22, 2026 brought the latest Philadelphia addition, one of 11 in the past 30 days.

19 names appear on two or more different Philadelphia property addresses; together they cover 40 records (3%), and the largest holds 3 addresses. 167 of the 45-ZIP spread sit in 19146.

Philadelphia short-term rental rules

Philadelphia issues a Limited Lodging Operator License to a person who rents out the home they live in, or one room of it, for stays of no more than 30 consecutive days. Only an owner or a tenant who lives there is eligible.

Source: Department of Licenses and Inspections, City of Philadelphia, read on October 22, 2026.

Philadelphia filings by month

Philadelphia filings dated Oct 2025 to Sep 2026 come to 220, up 13% on the 195 dated Oct 2024 to Sep 2025.

For Philadelphia, the busiest month in the window was June 2026 with 32, the twelve-month average is 18.3 a month and the slowest was November 2025 with 10.

Filings bunch up in summer (June to August): 76 of the last twelve months' 220 (35%).

October 2026 so far: 8 dated filings, a partial month.

Since Philadelphia limited lodging operator licenses was first copied on July 6, 2026, 63 records have been added for Philadelphia: 25 in July 2026, 13 in August 2026, 16 in September 2026 and 9 in October 2026.

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

Philadelphia permit status

Grouped by published status, Philadelphia's 1,326 records break down as follows: 595 (45%) read as active or issued and 731 (55%) as expired, closed, revoked, withdrawn or denied. 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 Philadelphia list contains

All 1,326 Philadelphia rows have owner name, business name, permit or licence number, permit type, status and filing date. Partly filled: property address on 1,323 (all but 3) and ZIP code on 1,323 (all but 3). Not published for Philadelphia: separate mailing address, phone and email. By channel: 1,323 mailed.

Half of the Philadelphia records with a ZIP sit in 6 of its 45 ZIP codes, and 16 ZIP codes hold 80%; 19146 alone has 167.

The Philadelphia short-term rental program

Only an owner or tenant who lives in the property as their primary residence can hold a Limited Lodging Operator licence. [1] A short-term rental with no primary resident is a visitor accommodation use and needs a zoning permit for that use (and a Rental License with a hotel designation). [2] Applying for a Limited Lodging Operator licence carries a $20 non-refundable application fee that counts toward the licence fee. [1] The Limited Lodging Operator licence must be renewed every year. [1]

Philadelphia's Hotel Tax is 8.5% of the total amount the guest pays. [3] Some booking websites collect Philadelphia Hotel Tax on behalf of operators. [3] Philadelphia's L&I business licences data (OpenDataPhilly, Carto table business_licenses) includes licence types "Limited Lodging Operator" and "Limited Lodging and Hotels Booking Agent". [4] Licensed Limited Lodging and Hotels Booking Agents must send the city monthly transaction reports. [5]