Cavmir Market Data · Texas · July 2026

Texas 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.

See the numbers Where Cavmir works in Texas

Where The Licenses Are

Texas's most-licensed markets

Texas has no statewide short-term rental file, and the record here is a single city's: Arlington, between Dallas and Fort Worth, which permits short-term rentals. It is a small but revealing dataset in the middle of one of the country's biggest metros.

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

Texas 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 592 records compiled for Texas. Free to cite with a link to this page.

#	Market	Records on file	Share of state	Cavmir market page
1	Arlington	592	100.0%	not covered yet

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 Texas's legal short-term rental market — not a census.

City of Arlington — short-term rental permits

Cavmir Market Guides

Where Cavmir works in Texas

Thirteen Texas markets carry a Cavmir guide, from the Hill Country and the Gulf Coast to Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. Arlington is the one market with a published registry, and its stadiums and parks are the reason.

AustinMarket guide

Boost your Austin Airbnb bookings with Cavmir. Expert vacation rental marketing for properties near South Congress, East Austin, Rainey Street & Lake Travis.

DallasMarket guide

Cavmir is a short-term-rental and boutique hotel marketing agency for Dallas, TX. Photography, listing strategy and direct-booking website design that book.

FredericksburgMarket guide

Cavmir markets Fredericksburg, TX guesthouses and wine-country rentals — photography, listing strategy and direct-booking website design that stand out.

GalvestonMarket guide

Cavmir is an Airbnb and vacation rental marketing agency for Galveston, TX. Photography, direct-booking website design and STR registration-savvy listings.

HoustonMarket guide

Cavmir markets Houston short-term rentals and boutique hotels — photography, listing strategy and direct-booking website design built for the new STR rules.

MarfaMarket guide

Cavmir markets Marfa adobes and casitas — permitted stays, event-week pricing and direct-booking website design that cuts OTA fees.

New BraunfelsMarket guide

Cavmir is a short-term-rental marketing agency for New Braunfels, TX. River houses, Gruene cottages and inns get photography and direct-booking website design.

Port AransasMarket guide

Cavmir markets Port Aransas beach rentals, condos and inns. Photography, listing strategy and direct-booking website design for Mustang Island owners.

San AntonioMarket guide

Cavmir is an Airbnb and boutique hotel marketing agency for San Antonio, TX. Photography, listing strategy and direct-booking website design that fill dates.

South Padre IslandMarket guide

Cavmir markets South Padre Island rentals: Gulf-front condos, beach houses and small hotels, four-season positioning and direct-booking website design.

TerlinguaMarket guide

Cavmir markets Terlingua casitas and desert stays — Big Bend season pricing, dark-sky photography, honest off-grid copy and direct-booking website design.

WacoMarket guide

Cavmir markets Waco rentals for Magnolia weekends and Baylor Saturdays: licensed stays, event pricing and direct-booking website design that cuts OTA fees.

WimberleyMarket guide

Cavmir markets Wimberley cabins and creekside rentals — permitted stays, Market Days and wedding-season pricing, dark-sky photography and direct-booking sites.

What It Means For Hosts

Reading Texas like a marketer

Arlington's demand is an events economy. It sits beside major pro-sports stadiums and a large theme-park and convention draw, so its short-term rentals live and die by the calendar — game days, concerts, tournaments, and the groups that travel for them. The permitted supply is modest, which means a well-run listing can own its niche around those anchor events.

The play is group-friendly presentation and event-timed visibility: being the obvious, findable choice when a party of ten needs beds near the stadium for a specific weekend. Cavmir markets Arlington and greater-metro rentals around those demand spikes, with search, photography, and a booking flow built for the group trips that fill them.

Questions

Texas STR data, answered

How many licensed short-term rentals are in Texas?

The official registries we compiled show 592 short-term rental permit and license records on file with 1 local registry as of July 2026. Not every Texas jurisdiction publishes its data, so the true statewide figure is higher.

Who licenses short-term rentals in Texas?

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

Which Texas cities have the most short-term rentals?

By records on file: Arlington (592). Arlington leads with 592.

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

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

How much of Texas's total does Arlington account for?

All of them. Arlington is the only published registry in the state, so its 592 records are the full Texas picture until other jurisdictions publish.

Which Texas markets does Cavmir publish guides for?

13 market guides: Austin, Dallas, Fredericksburg, Galveston, Houston, Marfa and 7 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 Texas".

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

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