← The Home Swap Guy HOME SWAPPING STATS · Q3 2026
Top 10 Home Swapping Clubs
Stats Q3 2026
Home Swapping Stats is our quarterly set of figures on the largest home swapping Clubs, outside the luxury tier (for that, see Sturgeon Stats). Every figure below is published by the Club itself or reported by the press, with its source.
| Rank | Club | Founded | Tier | Members |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HomeExchange | 1992 | Dolphin | 300,000+ |
| 2 | Kindred | 2021 | Dolphin | ~300,000 |
| 3 | ThirdHome | 2010 | Turtle | 30,000+ |
| 4 | Intervac | 1953 | Turtle | 30,000 |
| 5 | Homeforswap | 2007 | Turtle | 13,000+ |
| 6 | People Like Us | 2018 | Turtle | 10,000+ |
| 7 | Elite Alliance | 2004 | Turtle | 10,000+ |
| 8 | HomeSwap | 2025 | Minnow | ~6,500 |
| 9 | Swaphouse | 2023 | Minnow | ~4,000 |
| 10 | HomeLink | 1953 | Minnow | 3,600 |
Each Club in detail
- 1. HomeExchange (Dolphin). 300,000+ active members, on its community page. It also lists 600,000+ homes. Source: homeexchange.com Since 1992, on its own about page, which dates the community to the US that year. Source: homeexchange.com
- 2. Kindred (Dolphin). About 300,000 members, from its February 2026 funding announcement, as reported by Skift. Not stated as active. Source: skift.com Launched in 2021, as reported by Forbes. Source: forbes.com
- 3. ThirdHome (Turtle). More than 30,000 members worldwide. The main ThirdHome club; its luxury tier, Reserve, is in Sturgeon Stats. Source: thirdhome.com Founded in 2010, on its own blog. Source: thirdhome.com
- 4. Intervac (Turtle). 30,000 members, counted as member families. Source: gb.intervac-homeexchange.com Founded in 1953 by Swiss and Dutch teachers, on its own about page. Source: blog.intervac.one
- 5. Homeforswap (Turtle). Over 13,000 members in 66 countries. Its homepage counter read 13,544 on the day we checked. Source: homeforswap.com Founded in 2007, on its own site, as the oldest French home exchange platform still active. Source: homeforswap.com
- 6. People Like Us (Turtle). Over 10,000 members from 120 countries. Source: peoplelikeus.world Founded in 2018, from HomeExchange's own profile of it. Source: homeexchange.com
- 7. Elite Alliance (Turtle). 10,000+ members, from its 20th-anniversary announcement. Source: exchange.elitealliance.com Founded in 2004, from its own 20th-anniversary announcement. Source: exchange.elitealliance.com
- 8. HomeSwap (Minnow). About 6,500 people use it, from a HomeSwap job advert in August 2026. Source: thehub.io Founded in 2025, on its own startup profile. Source: thehub.io
- 9. Swaphouse (Minnow). Estimated at about 4,000: Swaphouse publishes 3,980+ homes in 101 countries but no member count, so we take about one member per home.* Source: swaphouse.io Launched in November 2023, from its co-founder's first-anniversary post. A launch date, not incorporation.
- 10. HomeLink (Minnow). About 3,600 active paid memberships and 3,700+ home listings, as at July 2026. Source: homelink.de Founded in 1953, on its own history page. Source: homelink.org
Other ways to rank them
By homes
Fewer Clubs publish a home count than a member count. These do, on their own sites:
- HomeExchange (600,000+ homes) Source: homeexchange.com
- Kindred (400,000+ homes) Source: livekindred.com
- Homeforswap (9,451 homes) Source: homeforswap.com
- Swaphouse (3,980+ homes) Source: swaphouse.io
- HomeLink (3,700+ homes) Source: homelink.de
Kindred's count may include homes in its partner circles. The rest give no home count of their own, or their own pages disagree.
By tier
Our tiers group Clubs by members: Dolphins from 100,000, Turtles from 10,000, Minnows from 1,000.
- Dolphin: HomeExchange, Kindred
- Turtle: ThirdHome, Intervac, Homeforswap, People Like Us, Elite Alliance
- Minnow: HomeSwap, Swaphouse, HomeLink
Method
- Figures are the latest published totals. Member definitions vary by Club (registered members, active or paid members, member households, co-owners) and are taken as published. Homes are never substituted for members, except Swaphouse*, estimated at about one member per home.
- Ranked by members, one measure throughout, so no Club is ranked on a different count from the next.
- Outside the luxury tier: the luxury Clubs, including ThirdHome Reserve, are in Sturgeon Stats.
- Figures are as published in October 2026, for the Q3 2026 edition.
Questions
- What is the largest home swapping Club?
- By members, HomeExchange, with 300,000+ active members. Kindred is close behind at ~300,000.
- How many members does Kindred have?
- About 300,000, from its February 2026 funding announcement. Kindred does not say how many are active.
- Why rank by members rather than homes?
- Clubs publish member counts more readily than home counts, and the counts mean the same thing more often. Homes are given below as a second way to rank them.
- Which home swapping Clubs are the oldest?
- Intervac and HomeLink, both founded in 1953. Seven of the ten were founded before 2020; the newest, HomeSwap, in 2025.
- Is ThirdHome a luxury Club?
- Its main club is not. ThirdHome runs a separate luxury tier, Reserve, which is ranked in Sturgeon Stats, our figures on the luxury Clubs.