Landlords usually ask a gross monthly income of a few times the base rent, but how much exactly differs per landlord and is far from always stated. This calculator works both ways: which income belongs to a rent, and which share of active listings is within your reach. Based on stated requirements from 1000+ sources.
The income requirement is the minimum gross monthly income a landlord wants to see before you can rent a home. It is usually phrased as a multiple of the base rent: at 3.5x and €1,400 rent, the requirement is €4,900 gross per month.
The requirement differs per landlord and per listing, and is far from always stated in the ad. Second incomes often count, sometimes partially. Just below it? You can usually still respond; some landlords accept a guarantor or savings as a supplement.
| City | Median req. | x rent | % stated | n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | €4.804 | 3,1x | 10,7% | 225 |
| Rotterdam | €5.985 | 3,11x | 9,4% | 133 |
| Utrecht | €3.940 | 3,08x | 19,8% | 114 |
| The Hague | €5.583 | 3,19x | 3,9% | 21 |
| Eindhoven | €5.890 | 4x | 30% | 80 |
| Almere | €4.945 | 3,27x | 19,4% | 24 |
91% of active listings state no requirement in the ad. That does not mean there is none: for apartments and houses landlords usually apply one anyway, often 3 to 4 times the rent; only for rooms is a formal requirement often genuinely absent.
The calculator therefore leads with the share within stated requirements, and shows the count that includes unknowns only as an upper bound. In our search filters and alerts, unknown does stay visible: filtering out a home there over a requirement that may not exist costs you more than responding once too often.
We never attach a requirement to a listing ourselves: if nothing is stated, the requirement is unknown. The 3 to 4 times rule of thumb is shown next to the measured figures, never mixed into them.
The minimum gross monthly income a landlord asks before accepting you as a tenant, usually expressed as a multiple of the base rent. It differs per landlord and per listing, and is not stated in every ad.
As a rule of thumb, landlords ask 3 to 4 times the base monthly rent as gross monthly income. What is actually asked differs per city and per landlord; the calculator on this page shows measured requirements from our active listings.
Often, yes. Many landlords count a second income fully or partially. This too differs per landlord; check the conditions on the listing or on our agency pages.
You can usually still respond. Some landlords accept a guarantor, savings or a second income as a supplement. A stated requirement is the landlord’s guideline, not a legal rule.
Yes, no account needed. The numbers come from the active rental listings we continuously collect from 1000+ sources.
This is one slice of the data. The full study (prices, affordability, WWS compliance, speed and geography over March–May 2026) is free and quotable with attribution.