Tourist licence
The licence your listing has to carry
It is your autonomous community's permit to let your property by the night. Depending on where it is, it takes the form of a licence, a responsible declaration or an entry in the regional tourism register, and its number is the one Airbnb and Booking ask for before you can list.
On your listing
Issued by your autonomous community
Tourist registration number
Not filled in
What changed in 2026
What you need is your region's licence
The tourist licence or registration
- It is regional. The community where the property sits issues it.
- It authorises that property for tourist use.
- It is still compulsory, just as it was before July 2025.
The national single register (NRA)
- Royal Decree 1312/2024 created it, and it was required from July 2025.
- The Supreme Court struck it down on 19 May 2026 (judgment 620/2026).
- You no longer need to apply for it, and any number you already hold has no effect.
Don't apply for the NRA. Check your regional licence: that is the one you are really asked for.
If you don't have it
Without a licence, your listing won't hold
Each autonomous community has its own penalty regime. The amounts depend on each region's tourism rules, but the fines can be significant.
The listing
The platforms ask for your community's tourist registration number before they publish it.
The fine
Letting without a licence exposes you to your community's penalty regime.
The property
In some cases the penalty goes as far as a precautionary closure.
What they ask for
The steps repeat in almost every region
Each community calls it something different and asks for different papers, but the route is nearly always this one. Whatever needs preparing, we prepare.
The property
Planning rules
The property has to comply with them and, where it applies, with the town hall's too.
The certificate
Habitability or tourist suitability
The certificate your community asks for. In Madrid, the CIVUT.
The application
Responsible declaration
It goes to your community's tourism body, and with it the property enters its register.
On the door
Plaque or identifier
The sign your community requires. Not all of them do: Andalucía doesn't.
You will almost always have to prove who you are and that the property is yours, and some communities also want written permission from the residents' association. Timings vary widely: from a few weeks to several months, depending on the community and the body.
By region
Each region has its own
The name of the register, the paperwork and the limits all change. These are the communities we have already covered step by step.
- MadridTourist suitability certificate (CIVUT), responsible declaration and a plaque on the door.Read the guide
- AndalucíaResponsible declaration filed online and, afterwards, a visit from the tourism inspectors.Read the guide
- Comunidad ValencianaPlanning report and responsible declaration.Read the guide
- CataloniaHUTB number, regional register and, in Barcelona, an end date: 2028.Read the guide
- Balearic IslandsTourist places capped by law and a moratorium holding back new licences.Read the guide
- Canary IslandsLaw 6/2025, and municipalities where new licences still can't be processed.Read the guide
- GaliciaResponsible declaration and guest registration.Read the guide
- AsturiasResponsible declaration and regional register.Read the guide
- Castilla y LeónResponsible declaration and tourism register.Read the guide
- Castilla-La ManchaResponsible declaration and guest registration.Read the guide
- AragónResponsible declaration and guest registration.Read the guide
Region not listed? The general procedure gives you a steer, but it is worth confirming the exact requirements with its tourism body, or with us, before you list the property.
Guide by autonomous communityLet's start
Tell us which property needs registering
Fill this in and we'll write to ask for whatever your community requires. We handle the application.
What we do with your request
- We check what your community requires and review your documents.
- We process the tourist licence or registration.
- We hand you the number, ready to paste into the listing.
- We advise you on any question along the way.