What Rentpad does

Rentpad is an online rental property marketplace operating in the Philippines under the legal entity Rentpad Software Development, founded in 2017. The platform connects prospective renters searching for condos, apartments, houses, and rooms with three supply-side customer groups: individual property owners and landlords, professional property managers and leasing managers, and licensed real estate brokers. Rentpad aggregates listings across more than a dozen locations concentrated in Metro Manila (Makati, Taguig/BGC, Quezon City, Pasig, Mandaluyong, Manila, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa/Alabang, San Juan), Central Visayas (Cebu), the Davao Region, and the adjacent Calabarzon area (Laguna, Cavite, Tagaytay), with neighborhood-level page views showing thousands of unit-level listings in high-density submarkets such as Bonifacio Global City (4,165+ rentals), Legaspi Village Makati (1,418 rentals), Salcedo Village Makati (1,009 rentals), and Ortigas Center Pasig (857 rentals).

The core product is a web-based rental listing and search platform with filtering by city, neighborhood, property type, rental term (long-term, short-term, daily), furnishing status, bedrooms, and price range, supplemented by a "Help Me Find a Place" rental request module that lets renters submit preference forms (property type, bedrooms, furnishing, location, length of stay, budget, occupancy) and receive inbound offers from providers. The technology stack is described as a standard marketplace with location-based search, listing management, and lead-generation infrastructure; no proprietary AI, native mobile applications, or external API/SDK products are documented. Distribution relies primarily on SEO-optimized neighborhood landing pages, organic social channels (Instagram and Facebook), and a content blog, with no evidence of paid acquisition spend or sales-led outreach.

Rentpad monetizes through two streams documented in its terms: subscription services paid in advance for enhanced site features, and transaction-based lead generation fees for inquiries and rental requests forwarded to landlords, property managers, leasing managers, and brokers. Property posting is free for owners, which functions as a supply-side acquisition lever against traditional agent-mediated listings. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding, operates with 11-50 employees, and is not listed on any public market.

Name

Rentpad

Legal name

Rentpad Software Development

Website

https://rentpad.com.ph

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Rentpad is a Philippine online rental marketplace, founded in 2017, that connects individual renters with property owners, managers, and brokers across 12+ cities including Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao, monetizing via subscriptions and per-inquiry lead generation fees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Residential Rental Marketplace

NAICS

Rental and Leasing Services (532)

SIC

Real Estate Agents & Managers (For Others) (6531)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Lease Administration & Tenant Services (BPAJAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Vacation & Short-Term Rental Management (BPAJAFAI)

Keywords

• Rental property marketplace
• Apartment listing platform
• Property search engine
• Rental classifieds platform
• Residential rental marketplace

Headquarters

HQ city

Manila

HQ country

Philippines

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Subscription Services: Users can subscribe to website services with applicable subscription fees. The terms state that fees are paid in advance and subscribers receive features specified for their subscription type.
2. Lead Generation Fees: Rentpad earns fees for each lead/inquiry provided to rental providers (landlords, property managers, brokers). The company may also earn fees for each rental request forwarded to suppliers. This is a transaction-based revenue stream where the platform monetizes the connection between renters and property owners.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Rentpad operates an online rental property marketplace (rentpad.com.ph) that connects individual renters with property owners, property managers, leasing managers, and real estate brokers across the Philippines. The platform allows renters to search and filter apartments, condos, houses, and rooms for long-term, short-term, or daily rent in 12+ cities including Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao, while enabling providers to list properties for free and receive qualified leads and rental requests via a form-based matching system.

Product overview

Rentpad operates as a unified online rental property marketplace in the Philippines. The core platform enables renters to search listings across apartments, condos, houses, and rooms in 12 cities including Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao. The platform includes a 'Help Me Find a Place' rental matching service and free property posting for landlords. Users can filter by location, rental term (long-term, short-term, daily), property type, bedrooms, and furnishing status.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Rentpad Platform Online rental property listing and search platform enabling users to find apartments, condos, houses, and rooms for rent across 12+ cities in the Philippines (Metro Manila, Cebu, Davao, Calabarzon) with filtering by location, rental term (long-term, short-term, daily), property type, bedrooms, furnishing, and price range.
• Help Me Find a Place Rental request and matching service that allows users to submit detailed preferences (property type, bedrooms, furnishing, location, length of stay, budget, number of occupants) and receive matching offers from rental providers including landlords, leasing managers, and property managers.
• Free Property Posting Free posting service allowing property owners, landlords, property managers, and brokers to list their rental properties on the platform at no cost; subscribers can access enhanced features for a subscription fee.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Rental Providers (Landlords, Property Managers, Brokers)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerThe platform connects with rental providers including landlords, property managers, real estate brokers/agents, leasing departments/managers/specialists, and apartment managers. Rentpad supplies leads and rental requests to these providers in exchange for fees. The providers use the platform to reach potential renters and showcase their available rental properties.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• PropertyGuru Group: Regional SEA property portal leader (Singapore-headquartered) operating multiple country-specific sites. Comparable marketplace mechanics at much larger scale; sets the product/monetization benchmark Rentpad is measured against.
• Zillow: Largest U.S. residential real estate marketplace, including rentals. Material reference point for product architecture (search filters, lead routing, subscription tiers) and long-run marketplace benchmarks, even though geographically separated.

Direct peers

• Zipmatch: Philippines property marketplace with broader buy/rent scope and broker-matching capabilities. Directly competitive on renter acquisition in Metro Manila and overlaps with Rentpad's free-listing-plus-paid-features model.
• MyProperty.ph: Philippine real estate portal focused on condos, houses, and rentals. Competes on the same renter-landlord marketplace model in Metro Manila and key Visayas/Mindanao cities.
• Lamudi: Philippines-focused online real estate marketplace for rentals and sale listings. Competes head-to-head with Rentpad in Metro Manila, Cebu, and Davao for the same renter and landlord segments; comparable classifieds-plus-lead-gen model.
• Dot Property: Philippines property portal offering rentals, condos, and houses for sale across the same metros. Closely comparable listing-plus-lead-gen model and serves both individual renters and brokers/agents like Rentpad.
• Property24 Philippines: Major Philippine real estate listings site carried over from the Property24 network (now Olx/Property24). Direct competitor offering long-term rentals plus developer/agent paid placements, mirroring Rentpad's core use case.

Emerging players

• Hoppler: Philippine property marketplace with free listings and paid premium placement, focused on condominiums. Adjacent model and target renter; competes in the same Metro Manila segment with a similar lead-gen economics structure.
• PropertyFinder: Leading MENA property marketplace focused on rentals and sales with structured listing packages and lead-gen to brokers. Comparable lead-gen + subscription model, useful as a design reference for portal monetization.

Regional players

• 99.co: Singapore-focused property portal with comparable listings-search-plus-agent-matching model. Useful comparable for product and monetization design, though geographically separate from Rentpad's Philippine operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/rentpadph
• Facebookfacebook.com/rentpad
• Instagraminstagram.com/rentpad

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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

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