Short-term rentals in Forest: observed rates and revenue
Forest is a green, residential municipality known for its abbey, Forest Park, the Wiels art centre and the Forest National concert hall. Concert nights and major events create short spikes in demand. The rest of the year, guests mainly look for space and quiet at a gentler price than in the centre.
The median nightly rate in Forest (€129) is 9% below the regional median (€141); homes are booked about 102 nights a year against 138 for Brussels as a whole, which puts the median gross revenue 37% below the regional figure. Forest ranks 15 of 18 detailed municipalities for median gross revenue.
By size of home in Forest
| Home | Homes | Median rate / night | Nights booked (median) | Gross revenue / year (median) | Range (middle half) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 bedroom | 58 | €110 | 102 | €10,600 | €6,400 – €19,800 |
| 2 bedrooms | 27 | €151 | 126 | €18,700 | €7,100 – €38,100 |
| 3+ bedrooms | 12 | €241 | 50 | €11,200 | €5,900 – €21,600 |
Sizes with fewer than 10 homes are not shown. For those, the calculator uses Brussels-wide figures.
Seasons
In Brussels, the busiest months over the last two years were July, May and June (10.0%, 9.9% and 9.7% of the year's stays), and the quietest January, February and September. An average month accounts for 8.3% of the year. Seasonality is measured at city level: a single municipality has too few reviews per month.
Other municipalities
Source: Inside Airbnb, data scraped on 20/09/2026 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International). Entire homes with at least one review in the last 12 months. Gross revenue = listed rate × estimated nights booked, before fees and costs. Method and sources.