Europe EU
Life sciences, pharma, and biotech founders, Denmark
Denmark anchors one of Europe's largest life sciences clusters (Novo Nordisk, Lundbeck, Genmab, Bavarian Nordic). The Danish R&D super deduction allows 108% of qualifying R&D costs to be deducted (110% from 2026), Innovation Fund Denmark grants seed and growth funding, and the Medicon Valley network spans Copenhagen to Lund.
R&D super deduction 108 to 110%Innovation Fund grantsMedicon Valley cluster
Start setup {placement} 4 min · no card required
Corp tax
22%
Fastest setup
1-3 days
Tax treaties
80
Region
Europe
What you'll need
- No resident director required
- Local registered office required
- Economic-substance test applies
- Minimum capital: DKK 20,000
- Administrative language: Danish (English widely accepted)
- Legal system: Civil law
Tax and treaty profile
- Corporate tax 22%
- Tax treaties 80
- VAT rate 25%
- Withholding on dividends 27%
Key treaty partners
GermanySwedenNorwayUKUSANetherlands
Banking and payments
- Banking takes 2 to 4 weeks with KYC
- Stripe supported
- Wise supported
- Crypto banking available
- EMI license framework available
Considerations
If you want to minimise paid in capital
A/S requires DKK 400,000 paid in capital; ApS lowers this to DKK 40,000 but is unfamiliar to some institutional counterparties. There is no statutory minimum below ApS. For lower capital and similar EU passport:
A/S DKK 400,000 paid inApS DKK 40,000 paid inNo EUR 1 vehicle