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San Diego Short-Term Rental Reports
Dated San Diego STRO license counts by tier and community planning area, alongside the City’s separately dated tier availability.
October 2026
San Diego STRO License Inventory — October 2026
An inventory of 8,422 licenses across four tiers and 50 named community planning areas, with City tier availability dated October 9.
A clear view of San Diego’s licensed inventory
San Diego’s short-term residential occupancy (STRO) licenses span part-time rentals, home sharing, and two whole-home tiers. Our monthly reports count the licenses in the City’s published active inventory and show how they are distributed across community planning areas.
The City’s tier availability table is a separate observation, with its own date. It may describe a different point in time from the license inventory. Each report keeps those dates visible and preserves its selected observations.
Recovered inventories extend the archive to May 2023, with additional observations in January and July 2025 and May 2026. Annual reviews state their limited coverage; missing months are not estimated. Licensed inventory does not establish bookings, occupancy, revenue, or actual rental activity.
Explore San Diego’s license history for the recovered inventory reports and a longer record of the City’s issued counts, availability, applications and waitlists.
Year in review
Annual reports
Annual reviews compare the recovered snapshots for each year. Coverage is stated in each report: some years support monthly trends, while others permit only a year-end comparison. Missing fields and months remain unavailable.
San Diego 2026 STRO Inventory Review — May to October
Recovered May and October inventories show 8,362 and 8,422 licenses, with no estimates for missing months.
View annual reportSan Diego 2025 STRO Inventory Review — January to July
Two recovered inventories show 9,194 licenses in January and 8,180 in July; the intervening months and year-end remain unavailable.
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Monthly snapshots
San Diego STRO License Inventory — October 2026
An inventory of 8,422 licenses across four tiers and 50 named community planning areas, with City tier availability dated October 9.
View reportSan Diego STRO License Inventory — May 2026
A recovered inventory of 8,362 licenses by tier and community planning area, observed May 13.
View reportSan Diego STRO License Inventory — July 2025
A recovered inventory of 8,180 licenses after excluding one explicitly labeled City test record.
View reportSan Diego STRO License Inventory — January 2025
A recovered inventory of 9,194 licenses by tier and community planning area, observed January 22.
View reportSan Diego STRO License Inventory — May 2023
A recovered inventory of 7,289 licenses, with historical tier and community planning area counts.
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