Copenhagen rental data · primary sources
Danish deposit disputes in numbers
What Copenhagen's housing dispute board data says about volume, waiting time and tenant outcomes, plus the statutory move-out deadline that often matters before prices are discussed.
Sources checked . Figures are Copenhagen-specific unless stated otherwise.
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11,306
cases handled in four years
Copenhagen's Rent Control Board, Huslejenævnet, handled 11,306 cases from 2021 through 2024.
Primary source: City of Copenhagen 2024 report, p. 9 -
23%
concerned move-out or deposit repayment
Move-out and deposit repayment cases made up 23% of the board's 2021–2024 caseload. The report rounds category shares to whole percentages.
Primary source: City of Copenhagen 2024 report, Figure 1, p. 9 -
≈650/year
is the implied annual move-out caseload
This is FristCheck's calculation, not a separately reported figure: 23% × 11,306 ÷ 4 = 650.095. It is approximate because the published 23% share is rounded.
Inputs: City of Copenhagen 2024 report, Figure 1, p. 9 -
11.3 months
average processing time for move-out cases in 2024
The reported average rose from 9.1 months in 2021 to 11.3 months in 2024. That is the move-out category, not a promise about any individual case.
Primary source: City of Copenhagen 2024 report, Figure 6, p. 14 -
14 days
is the statutory move-out window to check first
Section 187 generally gives a landlord two weeks to raise restoration claims. A landlord renting out more than one home must also normally hold the move-out inspection within two weeks of learning that the tenant has left. The statutory exceptions still matter.
Primary source: Lejeloven § 187(2)–(5), Retsinformation -
78% → 60%
tenant success in move-out cases fell from 2021 to 2024
The share of move-out cases in which the tenant received a favourable outcome fell from 78% in 2021 to 60% in 2024. The report excludes cases without two consistent opposing parties from this outcome chart.
Primary source: City of Copenhagen 2024 report, Figure 7, p. 15
How to read these numbers
Useful context, not a prediction
The municipal figures describe cases that reached Copenhagen's boards. They do not count every private disagreement, and they do not predict whether a particular tenant or landlord will succeed. The 14-day rule is national law; the caseload, processing-time and outcome figures are Copenhagen data.
The annual estimate uses a rounded category share, so it should be cited as approximately 650 cases per year, not as an observed count.