Statistical presentation

Data description

These statistic contains annual estimates of the number of sports facilities by type of facility, e.g. number of football facilities, fitness centers and swimming pools. These statistics describe the memberships and association numbers of the various sports federations in Denmark.

Classification system

Members are distributed by organization

· Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI) · Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) · Danish Federation for Company Sports

Sports facilities are distributed by facility type. Read more about facility types at the Sports Analysis Institute.

• Athletics facilities: Includes athletics facilities with 400 m running track and facilities for both jumping and throwing, Indoor athletics facility and athletics facility with other running tracks and/or multiple jumping and throwing facilities. Athletics facilities with other running tracks and/or combined facilities for throw and jump. Solitary running tracks/jump sand boxes/ throwing cages are not included.

• Badminton facilities: Includes facilities that are exclusively used for badminton.

• Curling arenas: Halls dedicated to curling. From 2020, the Curling Halls will be included in the category Ice and skating facilities.

• Fitness centers: Includes facilities dedicated to fitness with open access or access through memberships. Smaller solitary weight rooms are not included in the category, but may be registered as a gymnasium under 300 m², if they are located as part of larger sports facilities.

• Football facilities: Includes facilities with 11-a-side football fields on turf, artificial turf or dirt. Fields for seven-a-side football are registered as one 11-a-side field if they are located next to each other and can easily be transformed into 11-a-side fields. Solitary seven- or eight-a-side fields and other smaller fields are not included.

• Golf facilities: Includes golf facilities in Denmark. Smaller training courses may be listed under the specific facility.

• Large sports halls/gyms (>800 m²): Includes handball gyms and other large sports halls or gyms, typically multifunctional.

• Sports halls/gyms (300-799 m²): Includes typically larger multifunctional sports halls or gyms. Also includes facilities dedicated to specific sports.

• Small gymnasiums (<300 m²): Includes only small gymnasiums and other smaller sports facilities open to the public that are located in connection with schools/educational institutions as well as venues located in connection to gyms over 300 m².

• Cable parks: All permanent cable systems for water skiing and wakeboarding on water.

• Riding ground facilities: Registration per. facility.

• Shooting facilities: Registration per facility.

• Ice rink/skating arenas: Includes facilities with a permanent ice rinks/tracks. These include ice hockey rinks and curling tracks as well as permanent outdoor rinks. From 2020, curling halls are included in this category.

• Swimming facilities: Registration per facility.

• Tennis facilities: Previously, this category only included outdoor facilities. From 2023, tennis halls has been included in this category. The category has been renamed to tennis court.

• Tennis halls: Includes indoor venues that are solely used for tennis. From 2023, tennis halls has been included in the category of tennis facilities.

• Mountain bike trails: All approved mountain bike trails dedicated for mountain biking. Approved trails can be found in public forests as well as private forests where the trail is officially allowed.

• Orienteering courses: Includes orienteering courses with permanent posts.

• Parkour facilites: Facilities that are permanent and not transportable, built especially for parkour.

• Skate facilities: A usable and maintained facility constructed for performing skateboarding tricks, which is either a complex facility, a vert or contains a minimum of five different elements or obstacles.

• Rowing/kayaking facilities: All permanent tracks for competition rowing/kayaking are included.

• Alpine skiing facilities: Includes permanent ski facilities with lift system.

• Padel centres: Includes facilities with courts only used for padel. Category added in 2022. In 2024, the category was renamed from Padel centres to Padel courts.

• Squash centres: Includes indoor facility with courts only used for squash. Category added in 2022.

• Bowling centres: Includes permanent bowling centers. Category added in 2022.

Facilities, members and sports associations are distributed geographically by municipalities.

Sector coverage

Not relevant for these statistics.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Sports facility: A facility which is dedicated to sports as a primary activity and which is wholly or partly open to the public.

Statistical unit

Sports facilities, sports clubs and memberships.

Statistical population

Sports associations, the associations members and the physical sports facilities in Denmark.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

Sports associations and members cover the period from 2014 onwards. Sports facilities only from 2017 onwards.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Number.

Reference period

Members and associations are compiled by 6 month after the end of the calendar year. Facilities are compiled per October 1st annually.

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly.

Legal acts and other agreements

Data originates from other public authorities and existing registries and is supplied by a special agreement with the Ministry of Culture.

Cost and burden

There is no direct reporting burden when compiling these statistics.

Comment

Statistics Denmark expands coverage in the field of sport under the subjects Economics and Employment of the Sports Sector, Sports Participation and Sports infrastructure and Resources.

There are some discrepancies in the membership for 2019 compared to 2018, which relates to the table IDRFOR01. This is due to the fact that it is the local business sports associations that register how many people exercise at work in their local areas. It is a practice that is underway, with some of the local corporate sports associations registering exercise at the workplace to a greater extent than before. This applies, for example, in the municipality of Lemvig. In addition, the relocation of members between municipalities can be a cause of large member fluctuations, which is the case for Brønderslev and Albertslund in 2019. This is due to the fact that larger national associations during corporate sports are registered under the municipalities where the companies are headquartered.

The statbank table LABY17 is based on memberships from the table IDRFOR01 and population from the table FOLK1A. The Country-City municipal groups can be found from the link