Apartments and flats for Rent in Eindhoven

Eindhoven apartments for rent are often the first home of people who arrive with a job offer: engineers at ASML in Veldhoven, at Philips or on the High Tech Campus, couples moving in together and expats on a first contract. Based on over 16,100 apartment listings tracked by RentHunter in Eindhoven since February 2024, the average rent is €1,522 a month for 74 m², room for a living area and one or two bedrooms.

The supply turns over quickly. About 104 apartments are newly listed each week (28 days to November 2026), at a median asking rent of €1,495 (90 days to November 2026), and that asking rent is stable compared with both three and twelve months earlier.

Two Dutch words appear in almost every listing. Gestoffeerd means the flat comes with floors, curtains and lighting but no furniture, and a makelaar is the property agent who runs the viewings. From Eindhoven Centraal, Utrecht is about 56 minutes and Rotterdam about 69 minutes away by public transit, close enough for a hybrid job in the Randstad.

1. Average rent: €1,522, most between €990 and €2,085
   The average Eindhoven apartment rents for €1,522 a month, and 80% of listings ask between €990 and €2,085. Before comparing two flats, check whether service charges are included and whether gas, water and electricity come on top, so you compare the total monthly cost and not only the base rent.
2. One bedroom €1,356, two bedrooms €1,692
   A one bedroom apartment in Eindhoven averages €1,356 a month across 7,047 listings, and a two bedroom apartment €1,692 across 6,299 listings, together the bulk of the market. A couple with home office days often needs that second bedroom.
3. Three bedrooms €1,884, four bedrooms €1,993
   Three bedroom apartments in Eindhoven average €1,884 (1,061 listings) and four bedroom apartments €1,993 (153 listings); the 47 listings with five bedrooms average €1,860, too few to read much into. Penthouses and new builds with a lift and a large terrace sit at the top of the range, grouped under luxury apartments in Eindhoven. For that budget and a garden, also compare houses for rent in Eindhoven.
4. Tilburg comparison: 21% more in Eindhoven
   An apartment in Eindhoven costs 21% more than in Tilburg, where the average is €1,257 a month. For someone working in Veldhoven or on the High Tech Campus, the daily trip from Tilburg, the other large city of Noord-Brabant, eats into that difference.
5. Furnished: 38% of apartment listings
   38% of Eindhoven apartment listings are furnished, the fastest start for an expat on a two or three year assignment; browse furnished apartments in Eindhoven for that segment. The rest are mostly gestoffeerd or kaal (a bare shell without flooring), a better fit if you plan to stay longer and already own a sofa and a bed.

Eindhoven apartment neighborhoods range from converted Philips factory sites west of the center to the old streets just east of the Markt.

Strijp-S, the former Philips industrial site west of Eindhoven's center, offers apartments and lofts in converted factory halls next to newer towers, with its own train station, Eindhoven Strijp-S. Picture cycling home from the High Tech Campus to a loft here and stopping at a food hall on the way. Every October, Dutch Design Week fills these streets for nine days, so expect crowds right outside your door.

De Bergen, the old quarter just east of Eindhoven's Markt, has apartments above shops and restaurants along the Kleine Berg, a short walk from Eindhoven Centraal. Imagine walking from your flat to dinner on the Kleine Berg and back without touching a bike. It suits a couple without a car who want the center on their doorstep; older buildings often have steep Dutch stairs and no lift, so ask before a viewing if you are moving heavy furniture.

Renting an apartment in Eindhoven goes faster when registration, documents and the contract are checked before the viewing rather than after the offer.

73% of Eindhoven apartment listings state that you can register at the address, and you must register with the Gemeente Eindhoven within 5 days of moving in. A first registration from abroad is by appointment; a move from elsewhere in the Netherlands is reported online with DigiD. Highly skilled migrants whose employer works with the Holland Expat Center South can combine registration and the IND residence procedure in one appointment and receive their BSN there.

Eindhoven landlords and makelaars usually ask for a passport, an employment contract or werkgeversverklaring (employer's statement) and recent payslips; a couple sends both incomes. 15% of Eindhoven apartment listings target expats, and for a new arrival without Dutch payslips the signed contract with ASML, Philips or a campus company does the work. Put everything in one PDF so you can send it through the landlord's website the hour a flat appears.

The average deposit on an Eindhoven apartment is 1.21 months of rent, so budget the deposit and the first month together. Since 1 July 2024 leases are open-ended by default, with exceptions such as student and youth contracts, which suits an engineer who does not know how long the project will last.