Can you rent a car in Kosovo if you are under 21 or under 25?
By Rento · Updated Oct 30, 2026
The short answer
You can drive a car in Kosovo from 18: it is the minimum age for a category B licence (Law No. 05/L-064, Article 82).
Whether you can rent a particular car is the company’s rule. On Rento, a company can set a minimum age and a minimum number of years licensed, for one car or its whole fleet. Rento checks them against your verified ID when you book, so you know before you pay.
Rento itself adds no young-driver fee. If a car shows no minimum age and you are under 21, ask the company anyway, in the chat, before you pay.
What the law says
- 18 is the minimum age for a category B (car) licence in Kosovo (Article 82).
- Kosovo’s licence law counts drivers up to 24 as young drivers (Article 1).
On top of the law, rental companies set their own age rules, in Kosovo as everywhere. That is why the answer depends on the car.
How age rules work on Rento
A company can set two rules, for one car or for its whole fleet:
- A minimum age, such as 21 or 25.
- A minimum number of years licensed, counted from the issue date on your licence.
Either rule makes the car one for verified renters with a Rento account: it can’t be booked as a guest. Rento checks your age and licence against your verified ID when you book, so a rule you don’t meet stops the booking before you pay, not at the counter.
Verify your ID once
Verification takes about two minutes on a phone, and the check usually takes a few hours (verify your ID and licence). Every company on Rento can then see that you are verified.
Companies see an age bracket, not your date of birth, along with your licence categories and when your licence expires. Driving licence and IDP has the rest.
If a car has no age rule
Then its company hasn’t set one on Rento, and Rento’s own floor applies: accounts are for people 18 and over. If you are under 21, ask the company before you pay anyway, and keep the answer in the chat.
Ask, too, whether the company charges a young-driver fee. Rento adds none of its own.
A younger second driver
A second driver must be at least 18 and must also meet the car’s minimum age, if it has one. Add them at checkout, if the company offers a second driver.
Questions people ask
Can I rent a car in Kosovo at 18?
You can hold a car licence from 18 in Kosovo. On Rento, a car with no minimum age can be booked from 18; a car with one needs you to meet it, checked on a verified ID.
Is there a young-driver fee?
Not from Rento. Ask the company whether it charges one before you pay.
What does years licensed mean?
How long you have held your licence, counted from the issue date on it. A car that asks for 3 years needs a licence issued at least 3 years ago.
Can I book a car with an age rule as a guest?
No. Age rules are checked on a verified ID, so those cars need a Rento account with your ID verified.
Can a 19-year-old be the second driver?
Only if the car’s minimum age allows it: a second driver must be at least 18 and meet the car’s minimum age.
Sources
The official pages this guide relies on, and the day we last checked it against each one.
- 1Law No. 05/L-064 on Driving Licence
Republic of Kosovo, Official Gazette · Checked Oct 30, 2026
Read next
- Which driving licence do you need to rent a car in Kosovo, and do you need an IDP?Your own valid car licence. An IDP only translates it, so bring one if your licence isn’t in Latin letters.
- How paying works on Rento: the part online, the rest at pick-up, and the depositA part online to confirm, the rest at pick-up. The deposit belongs to the company, so ask how much and how.
- Picking up a rental car at Prishtina Airport (PRN)Search by airport, add your flight number at checkout, and pay any delivery fee at pick-up with the rest.
Something not covered here? The help center walks through every step of booking on Rento, and Rento support answers the rest.