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Companies typically spend approx. 30 minutes on this survey.

What is your declaration used for?

Retailers in approx. 40 different industries declare monthly turnover from sales to consumers – including turnover via e-commerce (e-retail). The statistic is an important tool for the decision-makers, market analysts and others, to assess the current economic situation and development in Denmark.

More about the declaration:

Declaration deadlines

The 9th of every month.

The first results are published approximately 20 days after the end of the reference month. The quality of the statistic depends on the prompt reporting from all industries.

Request an extension of the deadline.

Which data should I declare?

You declare your monthly turnover – either including or excluding VAT. Some companies have to distribute their turnover into “Food and other groceries”, “Clothing and footwear” and “Other consumables”. All companies must declare the share of the total turnover sold via e-commerce (e-retail).

See all of the questions: Retail turnover - General  (PDF in Danish).

See all of the questions: Retail turnover - Product differentiated  (PDF in Danish).

How do you declare?

Report digitally via PC, tablet or smartphone – with our without MitID /NemID Employee signature. Owners of sole-proprietorship can also declare with their MitID /NemID private.

Select START YOUR DECLARATION above and declare with MitID /NemID Employee signature.

  • Once you are logged in, you can declare for several periods and to several statistics.
  • If the declaration is interrupted, you can save a draft.
  • You can reopen and edit the declaration with your MitID /NemID Employee signature.

Select DECLARE WITHOUT MITID/NEMIDabove and go directly to the declaration without MitID/NemID.

  • Easy access opens the form for the latest month. Previous periods cannot be accessed.
  • Enter the company’s CVR no. and the journal no., which you can find in the request for declaration.
  • You can also start your declaration via the direct link in the request letter.
  • Note: For access without MitID/NemID, you should fill in and declare data in one go, as the data will not be saved if you stop before submitting the declaration. Additionally, it is not possible to reopen or edit your declaration after the submission. Furthermore, you can only declarefor the current period, and not for previous declarations you are missing.

Video guide - Declaring without NemID (in Danish).

Why does the company have to declare?

Declaration is mandatory by law.

EU legislation obliges Denmark to produce a number of business statistics.

Act on Statistics Denmark Act 8-12a obliges businesses to declare information for statistics.

SLET OVENSTÅENDE VED FRIVILLIGE TÆLLINGER.

The numbers of companies with declaration requirement

Approximately 2.000 retail companies are required to declare monthly, every year.

How are the companies chosen?

The population is selected once a year based on the industry and turnover data:

  • Yearly turnover over 20 million DKK: Everyone is required to declare.
  • Yearly turnover 2.5 – 20 million DKK: Representative sample covering all sub-industries in retail. All of the largest companies in each sub-industry are required to declare.
  • Yearly turnover under 2.5 million DKK: Companies in ”narrow industries” can be required to declare. All of the largest companies in every sub-industry are required to declare.

Typical time spent per declaration is approx. 5-10 minutes.

Companies can voluntarily state the time spent in the declaration solution. Companies typically spend approx. 5-10 minutes on a declaration – including access, provision of information, data entry and possible support.

Help with declaration
Do you need help?

Our support team can reply to you via email or call you.

Support request form.

Longer deadline?

Request an extension through our support request form.

Request an extension.

Latest news from the statistic (in Danish)

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