Finding a Serviced Apartment Location

temporary housingServiced Apartments are types of furnished temporary housing that generally fall into two categories. The first category is Extended Stay Hotels; these typically offer a 24 hour reception desk and are furnished hotel rooms with small kitchenettes. While the second category of serviced apartments is what is called Corporate Housing. Typically corporate housing is for stays of 30 days or more and are often in furnished apartments and include cleaning services, utilities, and local taxes. Extended Stay Hotels often offer cheaper rates than traditional hotels because rates can be grouped into weekly or monthly segments.

The ability to find the perfect place for someone relocating can be difficult, thankfully there are a lot of options to choose from to meet the needs of each person. Below we have listed the 15 largest global serviced apartment companies based on the number of locations and linked to their websites. Each company offers a different approach and even within each company from property to property there might be nuances that are a better match for a particular family.


Global Serviced Apartment suppliers by Location


Company Locations
1. Oakwood Corp Housing 4,000
2. Marriott Temporary Housing 1,030
3. Extended Stay Hotels 683
4. Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG) 498
5. Pierre & Vacances 312
6. Hilton Homewood Suites 241
7. The Ascott Ltd 209
8. Accor Hotels 190
9. Value Place 175
10. Quest Serviced Apartments 136
11. Choice Hotels 103
12. Hawthorn Suites (part of Wyndham Group) 92
13. Mantra Group (formerly Stella Hospitality) 67
14. Frasers Hospitality 46
15. Residhotel (France) 33

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