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New homes in Denmark

25.3% fewer homes were licensed for construction in the last 12 months than in an average year of the past decade.

Licensed, 12 months
24,594
Per 1,000 residents
4.1

Homes licensed for construction in Denmark

Dwellings granted a building permit over the previous 12 months, at each quarter.

  • Denmark
  • Ten-year average
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PeriodDenmark
Jun 202624,594
May 202624,882
Apr 202624,762
Mar 202624,916
Feb 202625,251
Jan 202624,490
Dec 202524,302
Nov 202524,879
Oct 202524,746
Sep 202524,119
Aug 202523,172
Jul 202523,113
Jun 202522,491
May 202522,165
Apr 202521,904
Mar 202522,006
Feb 202520,939
Jan 202520,762
Dec 202420,342
Nov 202419,749
Oct 202419,868
Sep 202419,815
Aug 202420,209
Jul 202419,806
Jun 202420,304
May 202419,897
Apr 202420,261
Mar 202420,705
Feb 202422,017
Jan 202422,551
Dec 202322,862
Nov 202323,118
Oct 202323,816
Sep 202324,323
Aug 202324,480
Jul 202324,536
Jun 202325,901
May 202328,996
Apr 202330,154
Mar 202330,228
Feb 202332,467
Jan 202334,525
Dec 202237,140
Nov 202238,689
Oct 202239,581
Sep 202240,832
Aug 202242,593
Jul 202243,047
Jun 202243,496
May 202242,560
Apr 202243,122
Mar 202244,319
Feb 202243,789
Jan 202242,544
Dec 202140,672
Nov 202141,244
Oct 202141,556
Sep 202142,414
Aug 202142,609
Jul 202142,890
Jun 202141,221
May 202140,741
Apr 202138,959
Mar 202138,243
Feb 202138,894
Jan 202138,756
Dec 202038,942
Nov 202037,807
Oct 202037,122
Sep 202036,307
Aug 202036,052
Jul 202035,911
Jun 202036,587
May 202037,061
Apr 202039,133
Mar 202039,589
Feb 202038,534
Jan 202039,704
Dec 201939,865
Nov 201940,205
Oct 201940,756
Sep 201941,559
Aug 201941,905
Jul 201942,971
Jun 201943,631
May 201943,889
Apr 201943,763
Mar 201944,205
Feb 201942,636
Jan 201941,950
Dec 201841,905
Nov 201841,415
Oct 201840,776
Sep 201840,053
Aug 201838,451
Jul 201837,271
Jun 201836,062
May 201834,469
Apr 201833,527
Mar 201831,783
Feb 201832,567
Jan 201831,556
Dec 201731,017
Nov 201730,995
Oct 201731,523
Sep 201731,587
Aug 201731,944
Jul 201732,003
Jun 201732,165
May 201732,618
Apr 201732,821
Mar 201733,503
Feb 201732,210
Jan 201732,889
Dec 201632,350
Nov 201632,049
Oct 201630,547
Sep 201629,006
Aug 201628,835
Jul 201627,931
Jun 201627,568
May 201627,546
Apr 201626,284
Mar 201626,105
Feb 201626,508
Jan 201625,116
Dec 201524,392
Nov 201523,269
Oct 201522,401
Sep 201521,898
Aug 201521,525
Jul 201521,275
Jun 201521,018
May 201519,698
Apr 201519,555
Mar 201518,383
Feb 201517,237
Jan 201517,043
Dec 201417,374
Nov 201416,865
Oct 201416,914
Sep 201416,601
Aug 201415,257
Jul 201414,907
Jun 201414,645
May 201413,994
Apr 201413,510
Mar 201413,449
Feb 201413,101
Jan 201412,963
Dec 201312,430
Nov 201312,631
Oct 201312,376
Sep 201312,562
Aug 201312,286
Jul 201312,191
Jun 201312,016
May 201312,083
Apr 201311,850
Mar 201311,837
Feb 201312,672
Jan 201313,387
Dec 201213,890
Nov 201214,103
Oct 201214,846
Sep 201214,993
Aug 201216,094
Jul 201216,856
Jun 201216,936
May 201217,967
Apr 201219,463
Mar 201219,515
Feb 201219,092
Jan 201219,168
Dec 201119,066
Nov 201121,010
Oct 201121,212
Sep 201122,033
Aug 201121,705
Jul 201121,326
Jun 201121,266
May 201120,279
Apr 201118,380
Mar 201118,150
Feb 201118,326
Jan 201117,644
Dec 201017,213
Nov 201015,037
Oct 201013,993
Sep 201012,835
Aug 201012,581
Jul 201012,071
Jun 201011,333
May 201010,982
Apr 201011,301
Mar 201011,061
Feb 201010,633
Jan 201010,226
Dec 20099,920
Nov 20099,851
Oct 200910,051
Sep 200910,188
Aug 200910,342
Jul 200910,759
Jun 200911,424
May 200912,092
Apr 200912,394
Mar 200913,469
Feb 200913,728
Jan 200914,760
Dec 200816,071
Nov 200816,894
Oct 200817,299
Sep 200818,273
Aug 200818,642
Jul 200819,313
Jun 200820,308
May 200821,476
Apr 200822,074
Mar 200822,170
Feb 200822,990
Jan 200823,185
Dec 200722,664
Nov 200722,834
Oct 200723,467
Sep 200723,772
Aug 200724,244
Jul 200725,099
Jun 200726,220
May 200726,740
Apr 200728,827
Mar 200730,464
Feb 200732,692
Jan 200733,952
Dec 200635,532
Nov 200636,789
Oct 200637,434
Sep 200638,730
Aug 200639,364
Jul 200639,397
Jun 200638,685
May 200639,106
Apr 200638,483
Mar 200638,207
Feb 200636,939
Jan 200636,221
Dec 200535,662
Nov 200535,088
Oct 200535,169
Sep 200533,632
Aug 200533,170
Jul 200532,595
Jun 200531,924
May 200531,474
Apr 200530,501
Mar 200529,888
Feb 200530,155
Jan 200530,094
Dec 200429,661
Nov 200429,548
Oct 200429,216
Sep 200429,672
Aug 200429,621
Jul 200429,215
Jun 200429,534
May 200428,945
Apr 200429,581
Mar 200429,100
Feb 200427,995
Jan 200427,746
Dec 200327,357
Nov 200327,161
Oct 200326,766
Sep 200326,337
Aug 200326,164
Jul 200326,494
Jun 200325,969
May 200325,923
Apr 200324,849
Mar 200324,717
Feb 200324,555
Jan 200324,171
Dec 200223,972
Nov 200222,866
Oct 200222,260
Sep 200221,869
Aug 200221,373
Jul 200221,316
Jun 200221,148
May 200220,778
Apr 200220,463
Mar 200220,179
Feb 200220,834
Jan 200220,668
Dec 200120,636
Nov 200120,944
Oct 200120,788
Sep 200120,817
Aug 200120,609
Jul 200119,803
Jun 200119,176
May 200118,796
Apr 200119,317
Mar 200119,007
Feb 200117,860
Jan 200117,698
Dec 200017,205
Nov 200016,848
Oct 200016,762
Sep 200016,380
Aug 200016,540
Jul 200016,898
Jun 200017,508
May 200017,430
Apr 200016,948
Mar 200017,255
Feb 200017,482
Jan 200017,255
Dec 199917,410
Nov 199917,688
Oct 199917,842
Sep 199917,902
Aug 199917,949
Jul 199917,905
Jun 199917,499
May 199918,079
Apr 199917,943
Mar 199917,818
Feb 199917,903
Jan 199918,274
Dec 199818,536

Homes finished and licensed each year in Denmark

Homes completed (columns) against homes granted a permit (line), each year since 1998. Statistics Denmark.

  • Homes finished
  • Homes licensed
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YearHomes finishedHomes licensed
202525,46524,302
202428,05020,342
202338,16922,862
202240,66637,140
202136,70640,672
202039,06238,942
201934,54039,865
201828,99041,905
201725,78131,017
201621,19332,350
201515,20424,392
201415,84317,374
201316,75012,430
201217,93513,890
201113,57219,066
201012,49817,213
200919,0139,920
200826,81916,071
200731,32522,664
200629,02835,532
200527,29335,662
200426,25929,661
200323,78427,357
200218,82023,972
200117,38920,636
200016,33317,205
199917,24117,410
199818,11218,536
Homes finished per 1,000 residents, 2025
4.2

Building permits, Denmark against the EU

Dwellings in residential building permits, seasonally adjusted, index 2021 = 100. Eurostat.

  • Denmark
  • EU
  • 2021 = 100
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PeriodDenmarkEU
Q2 202656.189.6
Q1 202666.187.6
Q4 202556.985.3
Q3 202567.185.4
Q2 202557.478.5
Q1 202557.478.4
Q4 202458.278.5
Q3 202450.575.7
Q2 202454.077.4
Q1 202440.379.1
Q4 202348.779.4
Q3 202357.174.2
Q2 202359.978.8
Q1 202360.481.5
Q4 202268.482.6
Q3 202277.992.8
Q2 2022101.8105.5
Q1 2022121.3106.0
Q4 2021100.4101.5
Q3 202198.798.8
Q2 2021103.3100.5
Q1 202197.699.2
Q4 2020118.693.6
Q3 202089.386.7
Q2 202077.875.8
Q1 202093.588.5
Q4 201982.793.9
Q3 201993.391.8
Q2 201992.890.2
Q1 2019100.987.5
Q4 2018105.289.6
Q3 2018117.288.5
Q2 2018100.290.1
Q1 201888.791.1
Q4 201786.488.2
Q3 201768.188.3
Q2 201769.788.4
Q1 201779.984.6
Q4 201692.585.0
Q3 201668.379.8
Q2 201677.778.8
Q1 201665.173.0
Q4 201564.871.3
Q3 201561.068.2
Q2 201559.766.6
Q1 201549.064.4

A licence is permission to build, not a finished home: most are completed one to three years later, and some never are. Statistics Denmark counts permits from the building register by quarter, and permits are registered late: the latest four quarters are left out below the national level, and Denmark's own figures are adjusted for the delay.

Other reports for Denmark

Next 12 months

Asking prices have an 80% chance of landing between DKK 24,169/m² and DKK 26,148/m² by September 2027.

Expected, September 2027
DKK 25,158/m²
Chance of a rise
96%

Affordability

At the average sale price of houses, a 90 m² home costs DKK 1,756,890. With 10% down and a 30-year mortgage, the payment is DKK 7,532 a month. Denmark sets no cap on the payment; lenders treat debt above four times gross income as high.

Payment, two incomes
15%
Payment, one income
31%

Asking against sale price

Houses sold in Q2 2026 had first been offered at 4.9% more than they fetched. A year ago the gap was +6.0%.

Gap today
+4.9%
Change in a year
−1.0 pp

Past cycles

Prices of existing homes have fallen by 3% or more 3 times since 1992. The deepest began in Q3 2007.

Deepest fall
−21.2%
Recovery from the low
75 months

People and new homes

In 2025 the population grew by 32,946 while 25,465 homes were finished: 1.3 new residents for every new home.

New residents per new home, 2025
1.3
Population change, 2025
+32,946

Empty homes

6.5% of the 3,071,410 homes registered on 1 January 2026 had nobody living in them.

Empty, 2026
6.5%
Empty homes
198,672

Renovation

In 2025, 8% of the homes added came from existing buildings rather than new ones.

Homes from existing buildings, 2025
8%

Public housing works

Public bodies signed DKK 4.7B of housing works here in 2025, and DKK 64.5B since 2017.

Signed in 2025
DKK 4.7B
Per resident, 2025
DKK 781