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.
Colorado's public data runs through city programs, and Denver's is the standard-setter: a clean open-data license file where the active flag actually means something.
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 Colorado's legal short-term rental market — not a census.
Denver's roughly ninety-percent-active registry describes a stable, professionalized urban market. Aspen is the other end of the spectrum — a small, tightly held permit pool where each property competes at the top of the nightly-rate range and marketing is about justifying the rate.
The official registries we compiled show 3,325 short-term rental permit and license records on file with 2 local registries as of July 2026. Not every Colorado jurisdiction publishes its data, so the true statewide figure is higher.
In the Colorado markets covered here, short-term rental permitting runs through city and county programs. The registries in this compilation: City of Aspen — existing STR permits, Colorado Open Data — Denver short-term rental licenses. Rules and requirements vary by jurisdiction — always confirm with the local program directly.
By records on file: Denver (2,578), Aspen (747). Denver leads with 2,578.
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, “Colorado Short-Term Rental Permit Data,” compiled from official state, city, and county registries, July 2026. https://cavmir.com/data/colorado-short-term-rental-permits/Cavmir markets short-term rentals in Colorado — 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.
