Short-term rental permit and license records on file with 2 local registries, as of July 2026 — compiled, deduplicated, and free to cite. Part of Cavmir's U.S. STR permit data hub.
Arizona's records here come from two very different city registries: Scottsdale, one of the largest city STR registries in the Southwest, and Lake Havasu City on the Colorado River.
The headline figure counts short-term rental permit and license records on file with 2 local registries, deduplicated by permit number. A license is not a listing: some licenses cover multiple units, some licensed homes sit unrented, and jurisdictions that publish nothing are missing entirely. Treat it as a verified floor for the size of Arizona's legal short-term rental market — not a census.
Scottsdale's density reflects years of investor demand — thousands of licensed rentals competing for the same golf, spring-training, and event traffic. In a market that crowded, the listings that win look less like rentals and more like small hotels: branded, photographed, and priced with intent.
The official registries we compiled show 4,495 short-term rental permit and license records on file with 2 local registries as of July 2026. Not every Arizona jurisdiction publishes its data, so the true statewide figure is higher.
In the Arizona markets covered here, short-term rental permitting runs through city and county programs. The registries in this compilation: City of Lake Havasu City — vacation rentals, City of Scottsdale — licensed short-term rentals. Rules and requirements vary by jurisdiction — always confirm with the local program directly.
By records on file: Scottsdale (3,616), Lake Havasu City (879). Scottsdale leads with 3,616.
Directly from the official registries listed on this page, pulled and deduplicated in July 2026. No records are estimated or modeled — see the methodology on the national data page for what was excluded and why.
These numbers are free to use in articles, research, and reports — no permission needed. We ask for one thing: credit Cavmir and link to this page so readers can check the source.
Cavmir, “Arizona Short-Term Rental Permit Data,” compiled from official state, city, and county registries, July 2026. https://cavmir.com/data/arizona-short-term-rental-permits/Cavmir markets short-term rentals in Arizona — photography-led listings, direct-booking websites, and local SEO built around how guests actually search. The registry tells you how many competitors you have; we make sure you do not look like any of them.
