Cavmir Market Data · Arizona · July 2026

Arizona Short-Term Rental Permit Data

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.

See the numbers Where Cavmir works in Arizona

Where The Licenses Are

Arizona's most-licensed markets

Arizona's records here come from two very different city registries: Scottsdale, one of the largest city short-term rental registries in the Southwest, and Lake Havasu City on the Colorado River.

01ScottsdaleCavmir market guide available3,616records

02Lake Havasu City 879records

Every record on this page comes from Scottsdale and Lake Havasu City; no other Arizona jurisdiction publishes a registry we could verify yet. Where a property sits inside those markets still matters: a dense top market and a small permit pool ask for different marketing.

Arizona top markets at a glance

Records are permit and license records on file with the registries named on this page, as of July 2026. Share is each market’s slice of the 4,495 records compiled for Arizona. Free to cite with a link to this page.

#	Market	Records on file	Share of state	Cavmir market page
1	Scottsdale	3,616	80.4%	Scottsdale market page
2	Lake Havasu City	879	19.6%	Lake Havasu City market page

How To Read These Numbers

What this number is — and is not

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.

City of Lake Havasu City — vacation rentals
City of Scottsdale — licensed short-term rentals

Cavmir Market Guides

Where Cavmir works in Arizona

Eight Arizona markets carry a Cavmir guide, from Scottsdale and Phoenix to Sedona, Flagstaff and the Lake Havasu water market. Scottsdale is the largest registry in the state; Lake Havasu City is the second.

ScottsdaleOn the registry

Grow your Scottsdale vacation rental bookings with Cavmir. Expert STR marketing for Old Town, North Scottsdale, Paradise Valley, and McCormick Ranch properties.

Lake Havasu CityOn the registry

Cavmir markets permitted Lake Havasu City rentals — photography, direct-booking sites, local SEO and ads built around boating and the winter season.

BisbeeMarket guide

Cavmir markets Bisbee and Cochise County rentals — photography, direct-booking sites and campaigns for Arizona's most distinctive small town.

FlagstaffMarket guide

Cavmir is an Airbnb marketing agency for Flagstaff: licensed rentals, dark-sky positioning, Snowbowl-to-summer pricing and direct-booking website design.

PhoenixMarket guide

Grow your Phoenix area Airbnb revenue with Cavmir. Expert STR marketing for Scottsdale, Tempe, Paradise Valley & the greater Phoenix metro area.

Pinetop-LakesideMarket guide

Cavmir markets Pinetop-Lakeside cabins to the Phoenix heat calendar — licensed, TPT-ready listings, summer-week pricing and direct-booking website design.

SedonaMarket guide

Maximize your Sedona vacation rental revenue with Cavmir. Expert STR marketing for West Sedona, Uptown, Oak Creek, and Village of Oak Creek properties.

TucsonMarket guide

Cavmir markets Tucson rentals: gem-show and rodeo pricing, winter snowbird stays and direct-booking website design that cuts OTA fees.

What It Means For Hosts

Reading Arizona like a marketer

Scottsdale's density reflects years of investor demand — thousands of licensed rentals competing for the same golf, spring-training, spa, and bachelorette traffic. In a market that crowded, the listings that win look less like rentals and more like small hotels: branded, professionally shot, and priced with intent around the events calendar.

Lake Havasu is a seasonal water market with a completely different guest — boats, summer heat, holiday weekends. Same state, opposite playbook. Cavmir positions Scottsdale properties to stand out in a saturated luxury field and Havasu properties to own their season; the registry says how many rivals you have, and the marketing makes sure you do not look like any of them.

Questions

Arizona STR data, answered

How many licensed short-term rentals are in Arizona?

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.

Who licenses short-term rentals in Arizona?

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.

Which Arizona cities have the most short-term rentals?

By records on file: Scottsdale (3,616), Lake Havasu City (879). Scottsdale leads with 3,616.

Where does this data come from?

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.

How many Arizona communities have ten or more licensed short-term rentals on file?

2 communities in Arizona have ten or more permit or license records on the registries we compiled, as of July 2026. Scottsdale leads with 3,616 records, followed by Lake Havasu City (879).

What share of Arizona's licensed records sit in Scottsdale?

About 80%. Scottsdale holds 3,616 of the 4,495 records on file for Arizona. One license can cover several units, so the share of rentable inventory can differ from the share of licenses.

Which Arizona markets does Cavmir publish guides for?

8 market guides: Bisbee, Flagstaff, Lake Havasu City, Phoenix, Pinetop-Lakeside, Scottsdale and 2 more. Each one covers the season, who books there, what wins in that market and how Cavmir markets rentals in it. They are listed on this page under "Where Cavmir works in Arizona".

Cite this data

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/

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