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Airbnb revenue and commission calculator. Every step written out.

Follow one unit’s money from the nightly rate to what is left: the platform fee and the VAT on it, cleaning, a management commission and the owner’s running costs. Built for euro markets. It runs in your browser: nothing you type is sent or stored.

Start with the example How the numbers work
  • Formulas shownEach line of the result says how it was worked out.
  • VAT on the platform feeAirbnb’s 15.5% fee plus the VAT charged on it, as its own input.
  • Night capsBooked nights never go above the nights the unit may be let.
  • PrivateNo sign-up, no cookies, nothing sent anywhere.

Fee defaults last checked 15 September 2026

Calculator

Your unit, one year at a time

Everything is worked out for a year; the monthly view divides the year by 12. Results update as you type.

The unit

Example values. Change them to your unit.

The average price of a booked night, as the guest pays it.

Share of the 365 nights in a year that are booked.

Lower this if a night cap applies, for example 30 or 15 in Amsterdam. Booked nights never go above it.

Sets the number of stays, and so the cleaning fees and turnovers.

Cleaning

Added to the guest’s price. Airbnb charges its fee on it too.

What the cleaner is paid. The same as the fee when it is passed on at cost.

Platform fees

15.5% for most hosts, charged on the nightly price and the cleaning fee. Airbnb fees explained

Airbnb charges 21% VAT on its fees for customers in Belgium and the Netherlands. A VAT-registered host may not be charged it, but may have to account for it: ask an accountant.

Booking.com gets the rest: 0%.

Set in your contract. Houst, a UK management company, puts it at 10 to 25%, with a global average of about 15%.

Only if Booking.com collects the guest’s money. Houst puts it at 1.1 to 3.1%.

Taxes
VAT on the accommodation

Only if the letting itself is VAT-liable, which depends on how you let. Ask an accountant. VAT on accommodation

Set by your city. How tourist tax works

Used for tourist tax only.

When this is off, the tax is treated as added on top and paid by the guest, so it does not change the results.

Management

Set 0 if the owner manages the unit alone. What managers charge

Commission is calculated on

The same percentage on a different base gives a different amount. The commission base explained

The owner

Fill this in: utilities, internet, consumables, insurance and software. A long-term tenant usually pays most of these.

Leave empty to hide the comparison.

Commission €0Owner keeps €0 / month

Formula breakdown

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Management commission€0of gross booking value
Owner keeps€0before income tax

Illustration based on the numbers you entered, not a prediction or a promise of what a property or a manager will earn. Taxes on income are not included. General information, not legal or tax advice.

How it works

How the numbers are worked out

Every figure is worked out for one year and then divided by 12 for the monthly view. Prices are entered as the guest pays them.

  1. Booked nights and stays

    Booked nights are 365 × occupancy, but never more than the nights the unit may be let. With the example values that is 365 × 65% = 237.25 nights. Stays are booked nights divided by the average stay: 237.25 ÷ 3 = 79.08 stays, and each stay is one turnover.

  2. Gross booking value

    Accommodation revenue is booked nights × the nightly rate. Cleaning fees are stays × the cleaning fee. Together they are the gross booking value: what guests pay before any tourist tax added on top.

  3. Platform fees and the VAT on them

    For the Airbnb share of the nights, the host-only fee is taken from the gross booking value, cleaning fees included, and the VAT on the Airbnb fee is added to that fee. For the Booking.com share, the commission and any payment fee are taken from the same base. What remains is the payout from the platforms.

  4. VAT on the accommodation and tourist tax

    If the letting is VAT-liable, the VAT is already inside the price, so the VAT owed is gross booking value × rate ÷ (1 + rate). Tourist tax only counts when it is included in your nightly rate: booked nights × guests × the tax per guest per night.

  5. Cleaning and commission

    Cleaning cost is stays × the cost per turnover. The commission is the percentage of the base you chose: accommodation revenue without VAT; accommodation revenue without VAT, after its share of the platform fees; or what is left after platform fees, VAT, tourist tax and cleaning.

  6. What the owner keeps

    Gross booking value minus platform fees, VAT, tourist tax, cleaning cost, commission and 12 months of running costs. That is before income tax. RevPAR is accommodation revenue, without VAT, divided by the nights the unit may be let.

Where the defaults come from

Fee figures were checked on the pages listed on 15 September 2026. Everything else is a round example value.
InputDefaultWhere it comes from
Nightly rate, occupancy, average stay€100, 65%, 3 nightsExample values
Cleaning fee and cleaning cost€50 and €50Example values, fee passed on at cost
Airbnb host-only fee15.5%Airbnb Resource Center and Airbnb Help Centre
VAT on the Airbnb fee21%Airbnb Help Centre, rate for customers in Belgium and the Netherlands
Booking.com commission15%Houst, a UK management company: 10 to 25%, about 15% on average
Payments by Booking.com fee0%Off by default; Houst puts it at 1.1 to 3.1%
Management commission20%Example value. Published rates vary widely
VAT on accommodation, tourist tax, running costsNone, €0, €0Off until you set them for your unit

What this calculator does not do

It leaves out income tax, social contributions, financing, furniture and set-up costs, empty periods between owners, and the rules that may stop a unit being rented at all. It also does not model VAT on Booking.com’s invoice, tourist tax the guest pays on top, tourist tax charged as a percentage of the price (as in Amsterdam and Rotterdam), or seasons: one average rate and occupancy stand for the whole year. Check the rules first in Airbnb rules in Belgium and the Netherlands and the EU short-term rental regulation explained.

Guides that use this calculator

General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules differ by country and city and change often, so check the official source and ask a qualified adviser before you act.