Costa del Sol Holiday Rental Licences
The Costa del Sol runs along the coastline of Málaga province and includes Marbella, Estepona, Fuengirola, Benalmádena, Torremolinos, Mijas and Nerja. Holiday-rental homes in this area are registered in the Andalusian tourism register.
Enter the regional tourism registration shown on the accommodation listing, exactly as it appears. If you enter a recognised national ESFCTU identifier, we’ll explain what type of number it is. Different registration types have different levels of public-data availability, so a “not found” result does not necessarily mean the accommodation is unregistered.
- VUT records in database
- 88,811
- Last updated
- 10 September 2026
- Common licence prefixes
- VUT, VFT, AT, CTC
Plus 965 tourist apartment or hotel establishment records (89,776 in total).
Local registration terminology
In Andalucía a holiday-rental home is usually registered as a Vivienda con Fines Turísticos. Registration numbers are frequently displayed in rental advertisements.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Spain Rental Licence Check an official government service?
- No. Spain Rental Licence Check is an independent information service. It is not operated by the Spanish Government, the Junta de Andalucía or any regional or local authority.
- Which licence prefixes are used on the Costa del Sol?
- Costa del Sol records commonly use VFT and VUT for dwellings, AT for tourist apartment establishments and CTC-style references for other registered establishments.
- How often is the Costa del Sol data updated?
- Costa del Sol records are refreshed from our OpenRTA-backed public-data sources. The date of the most recent update is shown on each area page and on the Data Sources page.
- What does a result mean?
- A result tells you only whether the number and associated details appear in the data currently held by Spain Rental Licence Check. It does not confirm the legality, ownership, quality or safety of the accommodation.
- Why was my licence number not found?
- A number may not appear because it was entered incorrectly, was recently registered or amended, has been cancelled, is recorded in a different format, or belongs to a region we have not yet covered.
- What formats can I search?
- You can enter a number with slashes, spaces, hyphens or in lower case. The search normalises the number before checking the database.