The Danish Competition Council has intervened in Uber’s completed takeover of Dantaxi, ordering the company to sell off one of the taxi firm’s two dispatch centers. The regulator says the merger risked higher taxi prices and a market dominated by a single company.
DR reports that the Competition Council announced the decision on August 24, 2026. Without the intervention, the Council wrote in a press release, there was a risk that the merger would push taxi prices up and leave one large company in control of the market.
Council chairman Christian Schultz said Uber has committed to selling one of Dantaxi’s two dispatch centers, known in Danish as kørselskontorer. The divested unit includes rides booked through the Dantaxi app and the phone number 4×48, along with agreements with a range of taxi operators controlling a large number of vehicles.
According to the Council, this is the first time it has intervened in a merger that had already been carried out. Politiken adds that the Competition and Consumer Authority has now approved the deal, but only after Uber accepted the divestment obligation as a remedy.
What the investigation found
Schultz said the Council’s investigations showed a risk of higher prices for customers, poorer terms for taxi operators and greater barriers to entry for new taxi companies, particularly in and around Copenhagen. Berlingske describes the decision as rolling back a large part of a completed merger, with the sale set as a condition for final approval.
The underlying transaction was Uber’s purchase of Greenfleet Holding A/S, the parent company of the Dantaxi entities. After the acquisition, Uber began integrating Dantaxi into its own operations, which the Council said created the risk of a single dominant player.
Uber returned to the Danish taxi market in January 2025 after several years of absence. The company first entered through an agreement with Drivr, which allowed customers to book taxi rides through the Uber app.
The Council said that cooperation actually strengthened competition, because Drivr attracted many taxi operators away from rivals. With the purchase of Dantaxi, Schultz said, Uber removed the competitive pressure that would otherwise have existed between the two companies.
Why the decision comes now
The case dates back to August 26, 2025, when the Competition and Consumer Authority used a new power for the first time to require notification of the already completed merger, according to its press release from that date. Uber and Dantaxi were ordered to file the merger by September 15, 2025.
The Authority published the formal notification on September 26, 2025, and invited comments from interested parties. Per Politiken, the Council is acting now because its investigation into the merger’s competitive effects has concluded.
The divestment covers the Dantaxi app, phone number and associated operator contracts, as set out by the Council.
