Spain says Airbnb withdrew 65,000 listings deemed illegal
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on July 30, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Airbnb has removed 65,000 illegal listings in Spain following government regulations, with further demands to address 55,000 more listings.
MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's consumer rights ministry said on Wednesday Airbnb has withdrawn the 65,000 listings for holiday rentals it said violated existing rules back in May.
Airbnb has appealed the government decision.
The ministry added it found an additional 55,000 listings without license numbers and demanded the online platform withdraw them as well.
Airbnb did not immediately reply to a Reuters request for comment.
(Reporting by Inti Landauro; Editing by David Latona)
Airbnb withdrew 65,000 listings that were deemed illegal by Spain's consumer rights ministry.
The ministry found an additional 55,000 listings without license numbers and demanded their withdrawal as well.
Airbnb did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Reuters regarding the government's decision.
Explore more articles in the Headlines category
