- This reflects what's visible in the listing data today, not a legal ruling on any individual property.
- Areas with very few listings on the market are left out, since a handful of listings can swing the percentages wildly.
Tourist licence coverage · island-wide
Based on 18,783 listings.
How tourist licences actually work
Factual, sourced guidance on who's in charge, how to verify a licence, and what it takes to get one: gathered from the Consell de Mallorca, the Govern de les Illes Balears, and current tourism law. Rules change; always confirm directly with the Consell or a local gestor before relying on this for a purchase or rental decision.
Three layers of authority, each with a distinct role. The Govern de les Illes Balears (Conselleria de Turisme, Cultura i Esports) sets the regional tourism law (currently Decree-Law 3/2022 and Decree-Law 4/2025) and holds the master tourism registry. The Consell de Mallorca, through its tourism department and the Consorcio Bolsa de Alojamientos Turísticos (CBAT), processes individual applications, manages the island's finite pool of "tourist places," and runs the island-wide registry. Individual town halls (ajuntaments) set local zoning rules on top of that, which is why Palma's town hall can ban new licences within its own boundary while the rest of the island still runs under the Consell's general framework. Each municipality has its own town hall site: search "[municipality name] ajuntament turisme" if you need one not listed here.
The Consell de Mallorca publishes an official app, "Verificador alquiler turístico" (built by Fundació Balears d'Innovació i Tecnologia, available on the App Store and Google Play), that checks any registration number against the island's live tourist registry and shows nearby licensed properties on a map. Every legal listing is required to display an "ETV" pictogram together with its registration number; if a listing (on any platform) has no number, or the app can't find it, that's the clearest sign it isn't licensed.
Take the registration number shown on the listing (usually prefixed ETV, AG or TI) and enter it into the Verificador app, or cross-check it against the Govern's open tourism-housing dataset for Mallorca. A genuine number will return the property's registered address, type and status; a number that doesn't resolve, or resolves to a different property, means the listing is misrepresenting its licence. You can also check a number directly on this page using that same dataset.
CBAT (cbat.conselldemallorca.es) is the operational portal: it runs the calls ("convocatorias") for new tourist places and processes the DRIAT paperwork once a property has one. The Consell de Mallorca's tourism department (conselldemallorca.es/es/turisme) publishes the underlying rules and the Island Registry of Tourism Companies, Activities and Establishments. Applications for a new pool of places are submitted through the Consell's e-headquarters (sede electrónica), not by post or in person.
Two separate things have to happen. First, the property needs a tourist place ("plaza turística") from the CBAT's pool; new places have been frozen island-wide since the February 2022 moratorium, released only in narrow, oversubscribed windows (654 places in September 2025, 1,069 more in March 2026, both allocated by lottery). Second, once a place is secured, the owner files a DRIAT (Declaración Responsable de Inicio de Actividad Turística) with the Consell. Unlike a normal licence application, a DRIAT isn't reviewed before activity can begin; submitting it correctly auto-authorises the rental to start immediately, and the Consell inspects afterwards to confirm what was declared is accurate. False or inaccurate declarations get the registration cancelled retroactively.
A valid cédula de habitabilidad (habitability certificate) and, in most cases, an energy performance certificate are required before a DRIAT can be filed. The property also has to sit in a zone the relevant town hall has designated as suitable for tourist use; meeting every building requirement doesn't help if the zoning itself excludes it. On top of that, the owner needs to hold or acquire a tourist place from the CBAT pool described above, and, since 3 February 2026, no new licences of any kind are being granted within Palma's municipal boundary, regardless of zoning or place availability.
Most recent news on tourist rental licences in Mallorca
Mallorca bans new tourist rental licences in Palma
“No new short-term rental licences for homes (whether apartments, whole houses, or rural properties) can be granted from now on.”
Palma's city government froze all new tourist rental licences from 3 February 2026, aiming to “gradually reduce the number of holiday lets in the city as existing licences expire, discourage illegal rentals, and free up housing for long-term residents.” Existing licences remain valid but can no longer be renewed or transferred under the new framework.
Read the full article →Consell de Mallorca activates 1,069 tourist rental places
“El Consell de Mallorca, a través del Consorcio Bolsa de Alojamientos Turísticos (CBAT), ha activado una nueva convocatoria de 1.069 plazas turísticas de alquiler en viviendas.”
Applications opened 23 March at 9:00 and closed 30 March at 8:59, a fully online process. These places came from cancellations in earlier rounds, not from any increase to the island's overall tourist-place ceiling, and were allocated by public lottery rather than first-come-first-served.
Read the full article →Balearic government approves daily fines of up to €5,000 for illegal tourist rentals
“Baleares sancionará el alquiler turístico ilegal con multas diarias de hasta 5.000 euros.”
New coercive fines of between €500 and €5,000 per day now accrue for every day an unlicensed rental stays operational after an inspector's order to stop. Owners hit with two such fines who keep operating are referred directly to the public prosecutor.
Read the full article →Check a tourist licence number
Enter a licence number (e.g. ETVPL/12473) or search by address / trading name.
Data sourced from Habitatges turístics de Mallorca, Consell de Mallorca / Govern de les Illes Balears, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY).
Frequently asked questions
It's the official permit (ETV, número de comercialización) a property needs in Mallorca to be legally rented out short-term to tourists. Without one, a listing can only be marketed as a long-term rental or for sale.
"Licensed" means the listing shows an existing tourist licence. "Potential" means the property looks eligible for one (based on things like property type and zoning) but doesn't currently show one registered. "Neither" means it's not licensed and doesn't look eligible either.
No, it's an indication based on the data we can see in the listing, not a legal assessment. Licence eligibility depends on zoning rules, building age, and local moratoriums that can change, so always verify directly with the relevant town hall before assuming a property qualifies.
Some municipalities have paused issuing new tourist licences altogether, while others have more available capacity. That local policy, not just demand, is usually the biggest driver of how many listings in an area are licensed.
The licence coverage chart above is calculated from the live listings currently on Mallorca's property websites, so it shifts as listings are added, sold, or updated with new licence information. The licence number checker further down the page is different: it queries the Govern de les Illes Balears' official open-data register directly, refreshed daily, independent of our own listings data.