Subleasr

Student Housing Sublease Marketplacesubleasr.com

Subleasr is an online peer-to-peer marketplace that helps college students list and locate sublease housing. Founded in 2018 in College Station, Texas, the platform targets the transient housing needs of university students.

Company typePrivate
Founded2011
HeadquartersCollege Station, United States
Headcount1–10
GTM typeB2C
OfferingDigital Commerce or Content

What Subleasr does

Subleasr is an online peer-to-peer marketplace designed to help college students list and locate subleases. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in College Station, Texas, the platform targets the transient housing needs of university students by aggregating sublease supply (typically outgoing students seeking to transfer remaining lease obligations) and demand (typically incoming or summer-stay students seeking short-term housing). The stated value proposition is saving students time and money compared to informal channels such as social media groups or generic classifieds.

Subleasr operates as a private, for-profit entity with a small team of 1-10 employees. Its competitive thesis rests on vertical specialization in the college student sublease niche, where lease terms often do not align with academic calendars and where university-specific knowledge (campus geography, landlord reputation, sublease legality) can be a meaningful differentiator from horizontal housing platforms.

The company's underlying technology architecture, monetization mechanics (take-rate vs. listing fees vs. premium subscriptions), unit economics, geographic reach within the U.S. university market, funding history, and current product feature set are not disclosed in the available Subleasr-specific data. The detailed operational, technology, partnership, and product records provided alongside the firmographics pertain to a distinct entity (Sharetribe Oy, a Finnish marketplace software-as-a-service company founded in 2011) and are not attributable to Subleasr.

Subleasr firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Subleasr
Legal name: Sharetribe Oy
Website: https://subleasr.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2011
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 1–10 employees
Short description: Subleasr is an online peer-to-peer marketplace that helps college students list and locate sublease housing. Founded in 2018 in College Station, Texas, the platform targets the transient housing needs of university students.
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Subleasr industry classification

Industry

Product category: Student Housing Sublease Marketplace
akta.pro primary industry: Sublets & Lease Takeovers (Student-to-Student) (THAMAGAG)

Keywords

Peer-to-peer sublease
Student housing marketplace
Sublease listing platform
Rental marketplace software
College accommodation platform

Where Subleasr is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: College Station
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

Subleasr business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Digital Commerce or Content
Cost components: Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

Subscription Software: Monthly subscription plans for marketplace software access. Build plan enables marketplace creation, live plans required to launch marketplace with actual users.
Customer-funded Development: Company is funded by its customers, specifically 1,000+ marketplace founders. Not a direct revenue stream but funding model.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Subscription	Monthly	Build plan at $39/month
Subscription	Monthly	Live plans starting at $99/month

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Subleasr product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Subleasr operates an online peer-to-peer marketplace that enables college students to list or locate a sublease. The platform connects student sublessors with student sublessees, providing listing, search, messaging, payments, and transaction management features to facilitate short-term housing arrangements within university communities.

Product overview

Sharetribe is a unified marketplace software platform consisting of a no-code marketplace builder as the core offering, combined with a developer platform for customization and hosted cloud infrastructure for scalability. The platform enables founders to launch marketplaces without coding (starting at 90% complete) and extend infinitely with code. Key products include the no-code builder with essential marketplace features (profiles, listings, payments, monetization, admin tools), a developer platform providing headless architecture and custom integrations, hosted cloud infrastructure with management tools, and pre-built integrations to third-party services like Zapier. Additional offerings include the Marketplace Academy for educational content and a mobile app feature.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Subleasr Peer-to-Peer Sublease Marketplace An online peer-to-peer marketplace designed to help college students list or locate a sublease. The platform connects student sublessors with sublessees and provides listings, search, messaging, payments, ratings, reviews, and ID verification features to facilitate short-term student housing arrangements.

Quantifiable outcome

Launch marketplace in a day without coding
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Companies that use Subleasr

Customer profile

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Subleasr technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API: Yes
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature6 records

Subleasr partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

Sharetribe ExpertscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorNetwork of certified developers and experts who help build custom features and marketplace implementations. Includes 'Become an Expert' program for developers to join the network.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Subleasr competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Emerging players

PadSplit: PadSplit operates a shared-room rental marketplace focused on affordable workforce and student housing. It is comparable as a managed P2P-style housing marketplace, though it is more operator-led and not student-niche.
Diggz: Diggz is a student-focused marketplace for subleases, housing, and roommates. It is a direct peer in the student sublease niche and competes head-to-head for the same user base as Subleasr.

Direct peers

Sublet.com: Sublet.com is a dedicated sublease and short-term rental classifieds marketplace. It is a direct competitor in the sublease listing space and overlaps almost entirely with Subleasr's core use case.
Roomster: Roomster is a roommate-finding and shared-housing marketplace with global listings. It competes with Subleasr for sublease and roommate-matching demand, particularly among students and young adults.
SpareRoom: SpareRoom is a well-established room- and sublet-matching marketplace operating in the U.S. and U.K. It is a direct peer in the short-term/sublet rental marketplace category Subleasr targets, though it serves a broader demographic beyond students.

Broad incumbents

Zillow: Zillow is a broad real-estate marketplace with rentals and a sublease/roommate category. It is a broad-incumbent peer: it overlaps with Subleasr's rental search use case but is not student-niche and lacks a sublease-first focus.
Craigslist: Craigslist is the dominant free classifieds platform for sublets and housing in nearly every U.S. city, including college towns. It is a peer because it is the primary free-channel incumbent against which Subleasr must compete for student sublease listings.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

Subleasr financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Subleasr leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subleasr funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Subleasr M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Subleasr

What does Subleasr do?

Is Subleasr a public or private company?

Subleasr is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Subleasr founded?

Subleasr was founded in 2011. It employs 1 to 10 people.

Where is Subleasr based?

Subleasr is headquartered in College Station, United States, in the North America region.

How does Subleasr make money?

Two revenue lines are on record. Subscription Software is the primary driver. The others are customer-funded Development.

Who are Subleasr's main competitors?

Emerging players on record are PadSplit and Diggz. Direct peers are Sublet.com, Roomster and SpareRoom. Broad incumbents are Zillow and Craigslist.

Does Subleasr have an API?

Yes. Sharetribe offers an API-first event-based architecture that enables developers to build custom integrations to any third-party service or custom backend. The platform supports single sign-on (SSO) for authentication. Developers can create custom features and integrations using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Developer documentation is at www.sharetribe.com/docs.

What industry is Subleasr in?

Subleasr's product category is Student Housing Sublease Marketplace. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAMAGAG, Sublets & Lease Takeovers (Student-to-Student).