ARLINGTON, Virginia—The amount of U.S. resort rooms beneath development decreased yr over yr for a fifteenth consecutive month, in keeping with CoStar’s March 2026 knowledge.
U.S. Resort Pipeline
March 2026
Proportion change from March 2025
- In development: 136,990 rooms (down 5.4 %)
- Closing Planning: 247,728 rooms (down 9.3 %)
- Planning: 333,467 rooms (down 7.3 %)
“Regardless of a continued lower within the variety of rooms in development, there are simply 10 much less motels in that section than in March 2025,” mentioned Isaac Collazo, STR’s senior director of analytics. “We’re additionally seeing a shift in motion via the pipeline in comparison with final yr, with extra motels advancing from earlier levels into development. Growth continues to be transferring ahead, albeit at a decrease quantity.”
Chain Scale Segments (Proportion of present provide, in-construction room depend:
March 2026 (share change from March 2025)
1. Luxurious (4.5 % / 8,039 rooms)
2. Higher Upscale (2.0 % / 13,932 rooms)
3. Upscale (3.3 % / 31,204 rooms)
4. Higher Midscale (3.3 % / 40,179 rooms)
5. Midscale (2.6 % / 13,897 rooms)
6. Economic system (0.7 % / 4,398 rooms)
“The Luxurious phase stands to see the biggest share enhance in provide (up 4.5 %) primarily based on present development,” mentioned Collazo. “Going purely by variety of rooms, the select-service segments stay on the high of the listing by a large margin.”
