Inside Barcelona Apartments

What Inside Barcelona Apartments does

Inside Barcelona Apartments is a short-term apartment rental operator based in Barcelona, Spain, operating through parent company IDAP SERVICIOS, S.L. The company manages five apartment complexes — Esparteria, Mercat, Sants, Príncep, and Salvà — concentrated in the El Born and Sants neighborhoods, positioning it within Barcelona's highest-demand tourist corridors and near the Fira Barcelona exhibition center for business travelers.

The portfolio spans studios through four-bedroom units and penthouses, with nightly rates ranging from €64 to €235. Operations are run by a team of 8 employees using Cloudbeds as the property management system and Booking.com as the primary OTA channel. The company offers a multilingual (English, Spanish, French) website, 24/7 multilingual phone and WhatsApp availability, 24/7 on-call concierge, free Wi-Fi, air-conditioning, and equipped kitchens across units. Amenities include tourist tax collection, social-inclusion welfare programs, and a 5% direct-booking discount to incentivize direct reservations. The business model is a classic asset-light short-term rental operator: revenue is generated per night booked, with ancillary income from cleaning fees and stays ranging from short leisure visits to longer business and extended-stay trips.

Name

Inside Barcelona Apartments

Legal name

IDAP SERVICIOS, S.L.

Website

https://insidebarcelona.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Inside Barcelona Apartments is a Barcelona-based short-term apartment rental operator, managing five complexes in the El Born and Sants neighborhoods under IDAP SERVICIOS, S.L., serving leisure, family, business, and long-stay guests via Cloudbeds and Booking.com.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Short-term vacation apartment rentals

NAICS

All Other Traveler Accommodation (721199), Traveler Accommodation (7211)

SIC

Hotels, Rooming Houses, Camps & Other Lodging Places (7000), Hotels & Motels (7011)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Apartments (Corporate Housing) (THAGAEAD)

Keywords

• Short-term apartment rentals
• Vacation rental management
• Serviced apartments Barcelona
• Holiday apartment rentals
• Alternative accommodation

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Short-term apartment rental: The company earns revenue through nightly rental rates charged for its furnished apartments in Barcelona. Rates vary by apartment type, size, and season, ranging from approximately €64 per night (Sants Studio) to €235 per night (Salvà 3-bedroom with terrace). Additional revenue streams include optional services such as airport transfers, extra cleaning, and parking. The company also collects a mandatory tourist tax of €10.45 per person per night (max 7 nights), which is passed through to local authorities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Inside Barcelona Apartments directly owns and manages five furnished apartment buildings (Esparteria, Mercat, Sants, Príncep, Salvà) in Barcelona's El Born and Sants neighborhoods and rents them on a short-stay nightly basis to tourists, families, and business travellers. The company operates its own reception (open 24/7), an on-site office co-located with the Esparteria building, and an integrated direct-booking website alongside Booking.com listings. Optional add-on services include airport transfers, extra cleaning, and parking, plus a legally required tourist tax of €10.45 per person per night.

Product overview

Inside Barcelona Apartments is a vacation rental property management company offering five distinct apartment collections in Barcelona's El Born and Sants neighborhoods. The portfolio includes Esparteria Apartments (near Santa María del Mar, featuring attic units with terraces), Mercat Apartments (high-end duplexes in El Born), Sants Apartments (family-oriented units near the train station), Príncep Apartments (near Plaza España with duplex options), and Salvà Apartments (modern units in Sants-Montjuïc). All properties are managed directly by the company, which provides amenities including free Wi-Fi, air conditioning, 24/7 reception, and optional services such as airport transfers and daily cleaning. The company operates under parent company IDAP SERVICIOS, S.L. and is registered with the Catalan Tourist Activities Registry (EB-0084).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Esparteria Apartments: One and two-bedroom apartments located next to Santa Maria del Mar church, including two attic apartments with terraces. The company's office is located directly below this building.
• Mercat Apartments
• Sants Apartments
• Príncep Apartments
• Salvà Apartments

Products and services

• Esparteria Apartments

Quantifiable outcome

• Booking.com scores ranging from 8.4 to 9.7 across properties, with location scores reaching 9.7/10
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AB Apartment Barcelona: Barcelona-focused short-term apartment rental operator with multiple centrally located buildings and direct + OTA distribution; overlapping customer base of leisure tourists, families, and business travellers.
• Lets Holidays: Spanish short-term rental operator with a strong Barcelona presence offering apartments in central tourist areas, directly comparable in target market and product offering.
• Enjoy Apartments Barcelona: Barcelona-focused short-term apartment rental operator offering centrally located furnished apartments with direct booking and OTA listings; directly competes for the same leisure and family traveller segments.
• Habitat Apartments: Barcelona-based serviced apartment and vacation rental operator offering a similar mix of centrally located furnished apartments for short-term tourist stays with direct booking and OTA distribution.
• Aspasios Apartment Rentals: Specialist in high-end serviced apartment rentals in Barcelona and Madrid, operating furnished apartments in central neighbourhoods with professional guest services and direct booking channels — closely comparable product, market, and model.

Broad incumbents

• Limehome: Tech-enabled serviced apartment operator across multiple European cities; comparable in offering apartment-style accommodations with self check-in and standardized guest experience, though at a larger scale.
• Room Mate Hotels: Spanish design hotel chain with multiple Barcelona properties offering boutique urban accommodation; competes for similar tourist and business traveller demand in central Barcelona neighbourhoods.
• Sweet Inn: European serviced apartment and aparthotel operator with presence in multiple cities including Barcelona; operates a similar professionally managed apartment model with hotel-like services at a larger multi-city scale.
• Adagio aparthotels: Major European aparthotel brand (joint venture between Accor and Pierre & Vacances) operating extended-stay serviced apartments in city centres; comparable product positioning but as part of a much larger hotel group's portfolio.
• Sonder Holdings: Global serviced apartment and aparthotel operator offering professionally managed short-stay units in major cities; comparable business model of apartment-style accommodations with 24/7 support, though at significantly larger scale and currently in restructuring.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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