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Licensed hotels and guesthouses in Hong Kong

Booking a guesthouse? In Hong Kong, premises that offer paid sleeping accommodation for less than 28 consecutive days need a licence under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349). This page lists all 1,808 licensed hotels and guesthouses on the Home Affairs Department’s published list: search by name or licence number, or browse by district.

What a hotel or guesthouse licence means

According to the Home Affairs Department’s Office of the Licensing Authority, premises are a hotel or guesthouse under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349) if they are held out as providing sleeping accommodation to any persons presenting themselves who are willing to pay a fee for it, for a period of less than 28 consecutive days. Any new establishment must apply for a licence before it starts operating. Licences are valid for 12 to 84 months and are renewed when they expire.

Since September 2009, under the Licensed Guesthouse Logo Scheme, a licensed guesthouse (general) must display the guesthouse logos issued by the Authority at its main entrance and on the door of each of its rooms. Displaying them is a condition of the licence, and the Authority may cancel, suspend or refuse to renew a licence where the logos are not displayed.

How to check a hotel or guesthouse

  1. Search for it on the Office of the Licensing Authority’s search for licensed hotels and guesthouses, and compare the name, address and licence number.
  2. At a guesthouse, look for the licensed guesthouse logo at the main entrance and on the room doors.
  3. The Department’s mobile application “Hong Kong Licensed Hotels and Guesthouses” also searches licensed premises, and takes reports of suspected unlicensed guesthouses.

The Office updates the open-data list monthly and this site copies it weekly, so the Office’s search is the authority. Details are on the Office’s hotels and guesthouses page.

What is on the list

The list as copied on 2026-10-05
EntriesNumber
Licensed hotels and guesthouses1,808
With a telephone number on the list1,646

Licensed hotels and guesthouses by district

An entry belongs to the district its address is in: the point the CSDI portal’s geotagged copy of the list gives for it (matched by name and address), inside the Home Affairs Department’s district boundary; an entry without a point is placed from its address. Each district page lists every entry there.

Entries by district of their address
DistrictListed
Central & Western86
Wan Chai131
Eastern31
Southern22
Yau Tsim Mong1,177
Sham Shui Po55
Kowloon City50
Wong Tai Sin5
Kwun Tong11
Kwai Tsing10
Tsuen Wan42
Tuen Mun3
Yuen Long19
North14
Tai Po9
Sha Tin10
Sai Kung16
Islands116
District not known1

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many licensed hotels and guesthouses are there in Hong Kong?
1,808 on the Home Affairs Department’s published list (copied 2026-10-05), 1,177 of them in Yau Tsim Mong District.
Which premises need a hotel or guesthouse licence?
According to the Office of the Licensing Authority, premises held out as providing sleeping accommodation to anyone willing to pay for it, for a period of less than 28 consecutive days, are a hotel or guesthouse under the Hotel and Guesthouse Accommodation Ordinance (Cap. 349), and a new establishment must apply for a licence before it starts operating.
How can I tell a licensed guesthouse?
A licensed guesthouse (general) must display the guesthouse logos issued by the Authority at its main entrance and on each room door; the Office’s online search and the Department’s “Hong Kong Licensed Hotels and Guesthouses” app list licensed premises.
How long is a hotel or guesthouse licence valid?
Licences are valid for 12 to 84 months and are renewed when they expire, according to the Office of the Licensing Authority.
Why does this list not say whether a place is a hotel or a guesthouse?
The open-data list gives every licence an H/ number and does not tell hotels and guesthouses apart, so this site lists them together.

Hong Kong business registers · the Office of the Licensing Authority’s search for licensed hotels and guesthouses

Data source: Home Affairs Department, List of licensed hotels and guesthouses (data.gov.hk); locations from the Department’s geotagged copy of the list on the CSDI portal; district boundaries from the Home Affairs Department · Data © the Government of the HKSAR · Data refreshed 2026-10-05 · the Office updates the list monthly; synced weekly
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