Málaga tourist licence 2026: 12,609 registered holiday lets

To let a home to tourists in Málaga you need a VUT/MA number from the Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA); 12,609 homes in Málaga are on the register, none added between November 2025 and October 2026, the latest in August 2025 (Junta de Andalucía open data, downloaded on 5 November 2026).

Official sources: Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) · Decreto 28/2016 de las viviendas de uso turístico, consolidated text published by the Junta de Andalucía (amended by Decreto 31/2024, Decreto-ley 7/2024 and Decreto-ley 1/2025) · checked on 5 November 2026

On the Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (RTA): 12,609 homes

Tourist homes listed online (INE, May 2026): 8,288

INE counted 8,288 tourist homes with 34,724 bed places in Málaga in May 2026, 3.17% of all dwellings.

Official sources: INE table 39363: tourist homes and bed places by municipality, May 2026 · INE table 39366: tourist homes as a percentage of all dwellings, by municipality, May 2026 · checked on 5 November 2026

Not legal advice. This page summarises official texts and open data; it does not tell you whether a particular home can be let or keep its registration. Town halls set their own planning rules and communities of owners can restrict tourist use: before you buy, let or advertise, check with the regional tourism department and the Ayuntamiento, or ask a professional.

New registrations per month in Málaga

The register lists the homes that are registered today, with their registration date. A home registered in a month and removed later is not counted, so these figures show homes added in each month that are still on the register.

Official open data: Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) · checked on 5 November 2026

12,609 homes on the register against 8,288 counted by INE on the platforms: INE (Spain's national statistics institute) counts tourist homes listed on the three most used accommodation platforms in Spain, by web scraping and removing duplicates; it publishes the count twice a year, with reference dates in May and November. It is a different measure from the regional register, which also includes homes that are not advertised.

The rules in Andalusia

Registration number: Andalusian rules require the home's alphanumeric RTA code on the document given to every guest on arrival (Decreto 28/2016, art. 7.1), and tourism businesses must make their RTA registration details available to guests (Ley 13/2011, art. 26.1 b). The texts we read do not set a separate rule on adverts.

• Before starting, the host files an electronic declaración responsable with the regional tourism department; from that moment the home may be advertised as a vivienda de uso turístico (Decreto 28/2016, art. 9.1). (Junta de Andalucía)
• The declaration states that the home is compatible with local urban planning and has, where required, the licence or declaration for change of use (art. 9.1 e). (Junta de Andalucía)
• It also states that the community of owners does not prohibit tourist use and has expressly authorised it in the terms required by state law (art. 9.1 g). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Town halls may set limits on the maximum number of tourist homes per building, sector, area or zone, for an overriding reason of general interest (art. 2.2). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Only one home per cadastral reference can be registered, except where several homes legally share one (art. 9.1 a). (Junta de Andalucía)
• Registration on the RTA is done on the basis of the declaration, and filing it is enough to start the activity (Ley 13/2011, art. 38.2). (Boletín Oficial del Estado)

The town hall of Málaga sets its own planning rules for tourist use: ask the Ayuntamiento (urbanismo) before you buy or start letting. Full details: Andalusia holiday let licence.

Check a registration number

Junta de Andalucía: OPEN RTA search (filter by activity 'viviendas de uso turístico'): search for Málaga.

Questions

Official sources

• Junta de Andalucía open data: OPEN RTA, Registro de Turismo de Andalucía (CC BY 4.0) – Junta de Andalucía, open data (JSON), checked 5 November 2026
  The file also contains holders' names, emails and phone numbers: we use only counts by municipality and month.
• INE table 39363: tourist homes and bed places by municipality, May 2026 – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, open data (JSON API), checked 5 November 2026
• INE table 39366: tourist homes as a percentage of all dwellings, by municipality, May 2026 – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, open data (JSON API), checked 5 November 2026
• Decreto 28/2016 de las viviendas de uso turístico, consolidated text published by the Junta de Andalucía (amended by Decreto 31/2024, Decreto-ley 7/2024 and Decreto-ley 1/2025) – Junta de Andalucía, PDF, checked 5 November 2026
• Ley 13/2011 del Turismo de Andalucía, consolidated text (arts. 26 and 38) – Boletín Oficial del Estado, BOE consolidated text, last update 3 March 2025, checked 5 November 2026
• Junta de Andalucía: Viviendas de uso turístico (forms and procedures) – Junta de Andalucía, web page, checked 5 November 2026
• Junta de Andalucía: OPEN RTA search of registered tourist establishments and homes – Junta de Andalucía, web page, checked 5 November 2026
• INE, experimental statistics: number of tourist homes in Spain and their capacity (method) – Instituto Nacional de Estadística, web page, checked 5 November 2026

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