Reference · Denmark · 1 July – 31 December 2026
Denmark late payment interest rate
The statutory interest on an overdue B2B invoice in Denmark is 10.00% a year for 1 July – 31 December 2026: Denmark's reference rate of 2.00% plus a margin of 8 points.
Non-euro. Renteloven: Nationalbanken lending rate on 1 Jul (2.00%, raised 12 Jun 2026) + 8pp. National reference rate.
- Rate
- 10.00%
- Reference + margin
- 2.00% + 8pp
- Applies
- 1 July – 31 December 2026. Next reset 1 January 2027. Non-euro: invoices in DKK.
- Source
- nationalbanken.dk · verified 9 July 2026
What 10.00% comes to on an unpaid invoice
Simple interest at 10.00% a year on a 365-day year, counted from the day after the payment date.
| Invoice | 30 days | 60 days | 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37,500 DKK | 308.22 DKK | 616.44 DKK | 924.66 DKK |
| 75,000 DKK | 616.44 DKK | 1,232.88 DKK | 1,849.32 DKK |
| 375,000 DKK | 3,082.19 DKK | 6,164.38 DKK | 9,246.58 DKK |
Work out the interest on your invoice
Prefilled with Denmark's statutory rate for 1 July – 31 December 2026. If your contract sets a higher rate, use that instead.
Interest you can claim
1,232.88 DKK
76,232.88 DKK with the invoice · 20.55 DKK a day
Alongside the rate
When interest starts, and the recovery fee
Interest runs from the day after the payment date in your contract. If the contract sets none, it runs from 30 days after your customer receives the invoice. Agreed payment terms longer than 60 days are only valid if they were expressly agreed and aren't grossly unfair to you.
On top of the interest, you are owed a fixed sum of at least €40 per late invoice for recovery costs. It is due automatically, with no reminder needed, and you can claim reasonable recovery costs above it, such as a collection agency's fees. Denmark sets the fixed sum in DKK; check the national rule for the exact amount.
These are the rules of Directive 2011/7/EU, which every member state applies. National law can be stricter, so check Denmark's own rules before relying on them.
How Denmark compares
Outside the euro area, Denmark builds its rate on its own central bank's rate (2.00%) rather than the ECB's (2.40%). It adds the Directive's minimum of 8 points.
Of the other 26 EU countries, 25 set a higher statutory rate and 0 a lower one. The range runs from 10.00% (Denmark and Sweden) to 14.50% (Romania).
Same 10.00% rate: Sweden.
Charging interest is the easy part. Collecting is the work.
DueTrail turns overdue invoices into managed cases with reviewable reminders and promise-to-pay tracking, so your team follows up the same way in Denmark as everywhere else you sell.