What Flatio does

Flatio operates a two-sided online marketplace for short, mid, and long-term furnished rentals, with a deliberate focus on the 1-11 month mid-term segment that sits between short-term vacation stays and traditional leases. The platform serves digital nomads, remote workers, corporate travelers, students (including Erasmus participants), and expats relocating for work, with listings spread across more than 80 countries and concentrated in European cities such as Prague (974 listings), Budapest (756), Lisbon (702), and Warsaw (494).

The underlying product is a self-serve marketplace where property owners list for free and guests book directly through the website. Quality differentiation is layered through three verification badges (Verified by Guest, Verified by Flatio, and Verified by Nomad Inspector), a StayProtection coverage package with a Move-in Guarantee, and a Stay Benefits add-on that bundles liability insurance and 24/7 support. A Nomad Inspectors Club recruits digital nomad influencers to inspect properties for remote-work suitability, functioning as a community-driven verification layer. The company also operates F4B, a dedicated B2B platform with invoicing for corporate clients housing employees on assignment.

Revenue is generated via commissions on completed bookings plus premium visibility upgrades for hosts; specific commission rates are not publicly disclosed. The company's only disclosed capital injections are two small seed rounds in 2016 (approximately $132K from KAYA) and 2017 (approximately $129K led by INCOMMING ventures), and one acquisition (flOasis, August 2022) for an undisclosed amount. With 11-50 employees and no parent company, Flatio presents as a bootstrapped, founder-led operator relying on organic marketplace dynamics, SEO-led demand capture, and selective partnerships (notably NomadX in 2020) rather than external growth capital.

Name

Flatio

Website

https://flatio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Flatio operates a two-sided online marketplace for furnished short, mid, and long-term rentals across 80+ countries, targeting digital nomads, remote workers, corporate travelers, and students seeking flexible 1-11 month stays with verification and protection coverage.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Mid-Term Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Other Traveler Accommodation (72119)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000)

akta.pro primary industry

Digital Nomad & Remote-Work Monthly Stays (THAMAFAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional/Managed Inventory Vacation Rental Marketplaces (THAMALAB), Direct Booking Platforms & Booking Engines for Hosts/Managers (THAMALAE)

Keywords

• Mid-term rentals
• Furnished accommodation
• Rental marketplace
• Digital nomad housing
• Monthly rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Brno

HQ country

Czechia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Booking commissions: Platform generates revenue by taking a commission on completed bookings. Property owners list for free and pay a fee upon successful rental transactions.
2. Premium listings/visibility: Featured properties and enhanced visibility options for property owners seeking greater exposure to digital nomad renters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Flatio operates a two-sided online marketplace connecting third-party property owners with guests seeking furnished short, mid, and long-term accommodations across 80+ countries. Property owners list for free and the platform monetizes via booking commissions and premium listing upgrades. The platform specializes in 1-11 month stays for digital nomads, remote workers, business travelers, students, and expats, with multi-layered property verification (Verified by Guest, Verified by Flatio, Verified by Nomad Inspector) and the StayProtection coverage package including a Move-in Guarantee.

Product overview

Flatio operates as a multi-category rental marketplace offering short, mid, and long-term furnished accommodations. The platform provides specialized sub-products including Student Accommodation, Erasmus Accommodation, Employees Accommodation, and Accommodations for Digital Nomads, alongside premium tiers like Luxury Accommodation. The offering is anchored by Mid-term Rentals as the core product, supplemented by verification badges (Verified by Guest, Verified by Flatio, Verified by Nomad Inspector) and protection packages (StayProtection with Stay Benefits add-on). The platform expanded internationally through acquisition of flOasis in 2022, which introduced the Flatio Pioneer Program for digital nomad-focused property verification.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mid-term Rentals

Quantifiable outcome

• Platform available in 80+ countries with thousands of listings

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• flOasiscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 31 August 2022Acquisition of flOasis, a European-focused housing provider for digital nomads and remote workers. The acquisition expanded Flatio's listings and included the launch of the Flatio Pioneer Program to verify accommodations and target digital nomads.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Spotahome: Online mid-term rental marketplace focused on verified furnished apartments for professionals and students across Europe. Closely overlaps with Flatio's core 1-11 month furnished rental offering and explicitly competes in the comparison pages Flatio publishes.
• Homelike: Mid- to long-term furnished rental platform primarily serving corporate clients and business travelers in Europe. Direct competitor to Flatio's B2B (F4B) and consumer offerings, with a similar furnished-rental value proposition.
• Uniplaces: Online marketplace for mid-term student and young-professional accommodation across Europe. Competitor explicitly named in Flatio's comparison content, particularly in the student/Erasmus accommodation category Flatio targets.
• NomadX: Digital nomad-focused housing platform and former partnership target of Flatio (covered by EU-Startups and Sifted as joining forces against Airbnb). Operates in an almost identical niche to Flatio's digital nomad accommodations vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Airbnb: Global short-term and increasingly long-stay rental marketplace with massive host supply, brand recognition, and capital. Flatio positions itself explicitly against Airbnb in the mid-term category, but Airbnb dwarfs it in scale and has been pushing deeper into 28+ day stays.
• Booking.com: Largest global OTA with extended-stay and apartment inventory. Named as a direct comparison competitor on Flatio's site, with overlapping alternative-stay inventory and superior paid acquisition budget.
• Vrbo: Expedia-owned vacation rental marketplace focused on whole-home short- and mid-term stays. Competes with Flatio for alternative-stay demand, especially in family and leisure segments across Europe and the Americas.
• Sonder: Tech-enabled operator of furnished apartments and boutique hotels offering short- and mid-term stays globally. Comparable to a higher-end subset of Flatio's luxury and corporate housing inventory, though with an operator-led (not marketplace) model.

Emerging players

• Blueground: Tech-enabled furnished mid-term rental operator with professionally managed apartments across 30+ cities. Represents a 'managed inventory' model that competes with Flatio on reliability and corporate housing — adjacent but not a marketplace peer.
• Kasa: Tech-enabled short- and mid-term accommodation operator targeting business and leisure travelers with professionally managed apartments. Emerging player overlapping with Flatio's furnished, professionally-managed mid-term positioning in select US cities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/flatio_com
• Facebookfacebook.com/flatio.en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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M&A1 record

Investments

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