Uber re-entered the Danish ride hail market in May 2025, claiming to be operating fully under Danish taxi regulations this time.
Uber had first launched in Denmark in 2014 but following the introduction of a new taxi law in 2017, the company left the Danish market after drivers had been convicted of illegal driving and Uber had to pay a 25 million Kroner (DKK) fine for “complicity in violating taxi legislation”.
The Silicon Valley company’s re-entry has come through the purchase of DanTaxi and in partnership with an intermediary firm called Drivr, which is covered by the taxi collective agreement that Uber has said it will respect.
The taxi collective agreement establishes a guaranteed hourly wage of 147.40 DKK from 1 March 2026, rising to 151.90 DKK(€20.33) from 1 March 2027.
The agreement also includes a monthly supplement of 1,883.87 DKK, enrolment in a pension scheme, five weeks paid holiday per year, sick pay for illness or injury for a minimum six months, paid time off for maternity leave for four weeks before pregnancy and six weeks after, and paid driver licence renewal.
The DanTaxi acquisition means Uber has 3,500 drivers operating in 75 of Denmark’s 98 municipalities, making it the largest taxi platform in the country.