Cavmir Research · Permit data

Short-Term Rental Permits in Sacramento, 2026

Sacramento had 532 active short-term rental permits on October 23, 2026, and 89 of them were about to expire or waiting on renewal. Three central ZIP codes hold 43%.

Key findings

What the numbers say

Active permits by ZIP code (top 12)
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PermitsShare
958168215.4%
958187714.5%
958176812.8%
95820468.6%
95819366.8%
95833356.6%
95811305.6%
95834254.7%
95814224.1%
95822203.8%
95835193.6%
95815183.4%
Active permits by status
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PermitsShare
Active44383.3%
About to expire489.0%
Pending renewal417.7%
Active permits by how many permits the same name holdsNames are grouped exactly as the register spells them; they are not published here.
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PermitsShare
Name holds 137370.1%
Name holds 2 to 49818.4%
Name holds 5 to 9234.3%
Name holds 10 or more387.1%
For hosts and owners

What it means if you rent in Sacramento

Sacramento is a capital and a university town as much as a leisure stop, so many guests come for work, a hospital stay or a family visit. Hosts near the central grid compete with each other for those guests; a site that speaks to them by name brings them straight to you.

Turn a permit into bookings you keep

A permit lets you rent. Guests still have to find you, and every booking that comes through Airbnb or Vrbo pays the platform's fee. Cavmir builds websites for short-term rentals, including in Sacramento: a site in your own brand that ranks for the searches guests make, with live direct booking from your PMS or a button that sends guests to your listing.

Method

How this report was made

Source
Compiled by Cavmir from the public permit register:
Date range
Permits on the city's active list on October 23, 2026 (532); changes tracked from October 13, 2026.
What we counted
Each permit counts once, by its status and ZIP code.
Limits
The list shows active permits only and has no issue dates, so it cannot show how the market grew.
Privacy
This report publishes totals only. No owner name, street address or map location from the register appears on this page or in the download.
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Download the totals (CSV). Free to use under CC BY 4.0 with a link to this page: “Cavmir, Short-Term Rental Permits in Sacramento, 2026, cavmir.com/research/sacramento/”.
Questions

Common questions

How many short-term rental permits does Sacramento have?

532 active permits on October 23, 2026, according to the city's active permit list.

Which Sacramento ZIP codes have the most short-term rentals?

95816 (82); 95818 (77); 95817 (68); 95820 (46); 95819 (36).

How many Sacramento short-term rental permits are up for renewal?

89: 48 marked about to expire and 41 pending renewal, out of 532.

Where does this data come from?

From the City of Sacramento's Active Short Term Rental Permits open data layer. Cavmir compiled it from the city's public permit register and publishes only totals.

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