Setting Up a Business in Denmark

An in-depth guide for foreign entrepreneurs and companies looking to enter the Danish market — widely regarded as the world’s simplest place to register and run a company, with a workforce cost structure and labor model unlike almost anywhere else in Europe.
This guide covers legal structures (ApS and A/S, minimum share capital, no Danish-resident director required), business taxation — including a 22% corporate rate and the EU’s highest VAT at 25% — company formation, and Denmark’s distinctive “flexicurity” labor model: genuinely low employer social charges paired with a real social contract, not simply easy dismissal. Includes a dedicated chapter on Denmark’s administrative simplicity and hidden industrial strengths (life sciences, renewable energy, maritime), an explicit note on real banking friction for foreign founders despite the ease-of-business reputation, immigration routes, an operational checklist, and useful contacts.
Available in English