From 1,667 new licenses in 2017 to only 3 in 2025
The flow of new tourist licenses active on Airbnb has almost stopped in Mallorca
The data show a sharp drop: from 1,667 new licenses in 2017 to only 3 in 2025.
Not that licenses are not granted. They are, but at a rate that is almost negligible.
That means the market is no longer being built with new licenses. Old stock dominates.
If you want to enter the market today, there are almost no new licenses available. The current base is still the one from years ago.
Even though very few new licenses enter, the economic volume of the market remains high. The full context is in the irregular revenue analysis.
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Verify a property now →What these figures imply
- The market is almost closed to new entrants
- Most active licenses come from earlier years
- Volume today rests on old stock, not new grants
The current market is not being created now. It was inherited from the past.
In practice, this means the market is almost closed to new entrants.
4,038 active licenses on Airbnb come from before 2017. In other words, the market base today was built years ago, not recently.
That helps explain why, despite restrictions, volume remains high: old stock is still active.
That old stock also helps explain why reused licenses still appear across several listings, as shown in the duplicated licenses analysis.
Each row counts unique licenses active on Airbnb by official activity-start year. The last row groups every year before 2017.
Tourist licenses active on Airbnb by activity-start year
| Activity start year | Unique licenses on Airbnb |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 |
| 2024 | 18 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2022 | 91 |
| 2021 | 177 |
| 2020 | 128 |
| 2019 | 405 |
| 2018 | 526 |
| 2017 | 1,667 |
| Before 2017 | 4,038 |
Activity start date from the public register. Only licenses active on Airbnb detected by RadarLicencias are counted.
Quick read
- 2017: 1,667 licenses
- 2023 drops to 37
- 2024 drops to 18
- 2025 falls to 3
- 2026 shows 1
- Before 2017: 4,038 licenses
Conclusion
- The flow of new licenses has almost stopped
- The market today depends on old stock
- Recent licenses are marginal
- Most value remains in licenses granted years ago
The key question is not whether licenses are still granted. It is how many. Today, that number is almost negligible.
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