Is Copenhagen a deep talent market for tech/finance?

Copenhagen indexes 85/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with deep pharma, shipping, design, and clean tech talent.

Talent index: 85/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 22%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Copenhagen office talent and salary benchmarks

Copenhagen indexes 85/100 on the Class A Atlas talent index, with deep pharma, shipping, design, and clean tech talent.

TL;DR

Talent index: 85/100 (NYC = 100 baseline).
Corporate tax: 22%.
Talent depth and rent curve are correlated — top talent markets carry top rent.

Talent depth

Deep pharma, shipping, design, and clean tech talent. Strong feed from University of Copenhagen, DTU, and Copenhagen Business School. English-fluent professional base supports international corporate HQs.

Cost-to-locate

Total cost of locating in Copenhagen is the sum of rent, fit-out">fit-out, and salary delta vs. comparable markets. Use the City Comparator tool to benchmark Copenhagen against peer cities on a single normalised view.

Key facts

city	Copenhagen
country	Denmark
region	EMEA
classARentLocal	2400 DKK/sqft/yr
classARentUsd	$348/sqft/yr
vacancy	7.6%
typicalLeaseYears	5
typicalRentFreeMonths	4
submarkets	5
primeYieldPct	4.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Copenhagen a deep talent market for tech/finance?: Deep pharma, shipping, design, and clean tech talent. Strong feed from University of Copenhagen, DTU, and Copenhagen Business School. English-fluent professional base supports international corporate HQs.

Editorial provenance

Reviewed by Samuel Okafor — EMEA contributing editor. Last updated 2026-04-15. See our methodology and editorial standards.

Primary sources for this page

CBRE Marketview reports — CBRE
JLL Office Insight — JLL
Cushman & Wakefield Marketbeat — Cushman & Wakefield
Savills World Research — Savills
Colliers Global Office Outlook — Colliers

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