Cavmir Market Data · North Carolina · July 2026

North Carolina Short-Term Rental Permit Data

Short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry, as of July 2026 — compiled, deduplicated, and free to cite. Part of Cavmir's U.S. STR permit data hub.

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Where The Licenses Are

North Carolina's most-licensed markets

North Carolina's records here are all Asheville's. The city issues homestay permits under one of the more restrictive short-term rental frameworks in the country — whole-home rentals are tightly limited, so most permits are for hosts sharing the property they live in.

01AshevilleCavmir market guide available1,703records

For now, Asheville is the entire published picture in North Carolina: every record on this page comes from that one registry. As other North Carolina jurisdictions publish their own data, this page will grow beyond it.

North Carolina 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 1,703 records compiled for North Carolina. Free to cite with a link to this page.

#MarketRecords on fileShare of stateCavmir market page
1Asheville1,703100.0%Asheville 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 1 local registry, 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 North Carolina's legal short-term rental market — not a census.

  • City of Asheville — homestay permits
Cavmir Market Guides

Where Cavmir works in North Carolina

Eight North Carolina markets carry a Cavmir guide, from Asheville and the Blue Ridge towns to Wilmington and the coast. Asheville is the one market with a published registry.

AshevilleOn the registry

Cavmir is the Airbnb marketing agency for Asheville, NC. We help hosts win Blue Ridge leaf season with cinematic photos, branding, and direct bookings online.

Boone & Blowing RockMarket guide

Cavmir markets Boone and Blowing Rock rentals — Airbnb strategy, photography and direct-booking website design for NC High Country cabins, inns and B&Bs.

BrevardMarket guide

Cavmir markets Brevard and Transylvania County cabins — photography, direct booking, local SEO and ads built for the Land of Waterfalls.

Bryson CityMarket guide

Cavmir markets Bryson City cabins the right way: Polar Express winter pricing, October color strategy, Deep Creek photography and direct-booking websites.

Emerald IsleMarket guide

Cavmir markets Emerald Isle and Crystal Coast rentals — photography, direct booking, local SEO and ads for a beach town that allows rentals in every district.

Highlands & CashiersMarket guide

Grow your Highlands or Cashiers vacation rental income with Cavmir. Expert STR marketing for plateau mountain homes, cabins and estates on the Highlands-Cashiers plateau.

Lake LureMarket guide

Cavmir markets Lake Lure rentals through the recovery: honest reopening copy, permitted stays, lake-week pricing and direct-booking website design.

WilmingtonMarket guide

Cavmir markets Wilmington, Wrightsville, Carolina and Kure Beach rentals: beach-season strategy and direct-booking website design that cuts OTA fees.

What It Means For Hosts

Reading North Carolina like a marketer

That restriction shapes the whole market. Legal short-term supply in Asheville is genuinely scarce, and the permitted stays skew toward the owner-present homestay rather than the investor-owned rental. For a host who holds a permit, that scarcity is an advantage — far fewer legal competitors chasing the same mountain-town, brewery, and Blue Ridge Parkway demand.

The job is to make the most of a limited, high-character inventory: photography that sells the setting, a story that fits Asheville's arts-and-outdoors identity, and a direct-booking path so a scarce permitted stay is not handing a commission to a platform on demand it would have earned anyway. Cavmir positions Asheville homestays to look distinctive and book direct.

Questions

North Carolina STR data, answered

How many licensed short-term rentals are in North Carolina?

The official registries we compiled show 1,703 short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry as of July 2026. Not every North Carolina jurisdiction publishes its data, so the true statewide figure is higher.

Who licenses short-term rentals in North Carolina?

In the North Carolina markets covered here, short-term rental permitting runs through city and county programs. The registries in this compilation: City of Asheville — homestay permits. Rules and requirements vary by jurisdiction — always confirm with the local program directly.

Which North Carolina cities have the most short-term rentals?

By records on file: Asheville (1,703). Asheville leads with 1,703.

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 North Carolina communities have ten or more licensed short-term rentals on file?

One: Asheville. It is the only North Carolina jurisdiction whose registry we could verify as official and complete, so every record on this page comes from it. The page grows as other North Carolina cities and counties publish their own files.

How much of North Carolina's total does Asheville account for?

All of them. Asheville is the only published registry in the state, so its 1,703 records are the full North Carolina picture until other jurisdictions publish.

Which North Carolina markets does Cavmir publish guides for?

8 market guides: Asheville, Boone & Blowing Rock, Brevard, Bryson City, Emerald Isle, Highlands & Cashiers 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 North Carolina".

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, “North Carolina Short-Term Rental Permit Data,” compiled from official state, city, and county registries, July 2026. https://cavmir.com/data/north-carolina-short-term-rental-permits/
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