Taxi and passenger transport businesses for sale

Taxi services in Denmark require a licence, and other commercial passenger transport usually does too. Find out which licences the business holds, who they are issued to and whether they can carry over on a change of owner — in an asset purchase they do not transfer automatically. Drivers must hold the required driving licences and approvals. Check the rules for the specific type of transport with the Danish authorities before you make an offer; a foreign driving or operator background does not necessarily count without Danish approval.

Much passenger transport rests on contracts: work for municipalities and regions, school transport, patient transport, demand-responsive transport or regular business clients. These contracts are often won through public tenders and run for a fixed term — ask for them, check when they expire and whether they can pass to a new owner. If the vehicles are linked to a taxi dispatch company or an app platform, look into the terms, fees and whether the affiliation carries over.

Ask for a vehicle list with year, mileage, special equipment (such as lifts or wheelchair spaces) and leases. Find out how many drivers are permanently employed, how many are paid by the hour and how many hours the owner drives personally. Employees transfer with the business on their existing terms.

• Licences, who they are issued to and whether they carry over.
• Transport contracts with term and expiry.
• Agreement with a dispatch company or platform.
• Vehicle list with equipment and leases.
• Driver list, licences and the owner’s own driving hours.

Read the general advice on buying a transport company, and use the price estimate to assess the price.