Apartments with deposit or room for rent in Bogotá: how many and how much more they cost (2026)
Machine-assisted English version of the Spanish original by Aptología. All figures are locked to the original (numbers are copied, not re-translated); if in doubt, the Spanish original prevails.
In Bogotá, an apartment for rent with a deposit or a useful room costs 3.5% less per square meter than a comparable one of the same estrato and number of rooms. Thus 3,008 of 18,920 ads are announced (15.9%); the medium rental is $6,000,000 with the attribute and $2,100,000 without it.
Abstract: We compare 18,920 unique apartments for rent in Bogotá with description, with and without mention of deposit or useful room.
Updated: 13 October of 2026 · Next update: monthly.
Deposit or room per layer
| Strand | Announcements | They mention it. | % of ads | Medium rental | Medium rental without | Difference per m² (comparable) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrato 2 | 452 | 15 | 3.3% | $1,800,000 | $1,200,000 | 16.6% |
| Estrato 3 | 3,048 | 102 | 3.3% | $2,131,000 | $1,600,000 | 14.2% |
| Estrato 4 | 3,402 | 551 | 16.2% | $3,000,000 | $2,399,303 | -2.9% |
| Estrato 5 | 1,927 | 560 | 29.1% | $4,500,000 | $4,200,000 | -4.8% |
| Estrato 6 | 5,724 | 1,759 | 30.7% | $9,000,000 | $8,800,000 | -3.5% |
How to use it to decide: the deposit does not increase the m² in front of comparable apartments, so if you have a bike, bags or seasonal stuff, filter per deposit: it prevents you from paying a separate mini-storage.
Frequently asked questions
How much does the rental of an apartment change with a deposit or a useful room in Bogotá? - 3.5% per m² in front of comparable apartments of the same estrato and rooms, cut to 13 October of 2026.
How many apartments for rent do they mention a deposit or a useful room? 3,008 of 18,920 listings with description (15.9%).
Methodology
- Source: daily intake base of Aptology, with public ads of Metroocuadrado, Fincaraíz, Cienalquís, Rentola and alchem.com. Court as at 13 October of 2026.
- Filters: live ads that pass quality control, in Bogotá, rent between $400,000 and $30,000,000. TikTok and Facebook Market are excluded.
- Duplicate: one ad is left per group of duplicates (the same building on several portals).
- Matched premium: The price per m² of ads is compared with and without the attribute within the same layer cell × rooms (minimum 8 ads per side) and the weighted median of the differences is reported. So the premium is not confused with estrato or size. The attribute is detected in the text of the ad, so they only have ads with description.
- Limitations: are prices ordered, not closed. The neighborhoods and localities come as each portal writes.
- Open data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
How to quote
Pinzón Pineda, D. M. (2026). Apartments with deposit or room for rent in Bogotá: how many and how much more they cost (2026). Aptology. https://www.aptologia.com/estudios/apartamento-con-deposito-alquiler-bogota. Data: datos.csv, CC BY license 4. 0.
Sources and data
- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23349651 (Zenodo)
- Original study (Spanish): Apartamentos con depósito o cuarto útil en arriendo en Bogotá: cuántos hay y cuánto más cuestan (2026)
- GitHub (CSV, PDF): https://github.com/elbroker/aptologia-datos/tree/main/estudios/apartamento-con-deposito-arriendo-bogota
- Hugging Face: https://huggingface.co/datasets/aptologia/apartamento-con-deposito-arriendo-bogota-2026