Can I Airbnb in Springfield, IL? (2026)

Springfield, Illinois has no short-term-rental-specific ordinance: no city STR permit, registration, or operating license is required, and the city's master business-license list contains no lodging category. Hosts owe the city's 8% Hotel and Motel Room Tax (the tax code's 'hotel' definition expressly covers 'room and/or house rentals') plus the Illinois Hotel Operators' Occupation Tax of 6% of 94% of gross receipts, which hosting platforms like Airbnb and Vrbo have been required to collect since July 1, 2025. Zoning has no STR use category; the closest use, an owner-occupied 'tourist home / bed and breakfast inn' (max 3 rented bedrooms), needs Planning and Zoning Commission conditional-use approval in the R-3, R-5 and OFF districts and is permitted by right in commercial districts.

What’s required: no dedicated STR permit is required; occupancy taxes apply.