Retail turnover

You report your monthly turnover – either including or excluding VAT. Any share of the total turnover sold via e-commerce (e-retail) must also be stated.

NOTE: Some companies have previously had to distribute their turnover into 'Food and other groceries', 'Clothing and footwear' and 'Other consumables'. Starting with the reporting for February 2026, this division is no longer necessary.

Companies typically spend 5 minutes per report.

Report online with or without MitID Erhverv. Owners of sole-proprietorship can also report with their private MitID.

A. Report with MitID

Click on the blue botton at the top of this page and report using MitID Erhverv.

• When logged in, you can report to multiple statistics and for multiple periods.
• If the reporting process is interrupted, you can save a draft.
• You can reopen and correct submitted reports using MitID Erhverv.

B. Report without MitID

Click on the white botton at the top of this page and go directly to the report without logging in with MitID.

• The link opens the form for the current period.
• Enter the company’s CVR and journal no. found in the reporting request.
• You can also start your report via the direct link in the reporting request.
• Please note: If you choose to report without MitID, you should fill in and submit data in one go. Your data will not be saved if you exit before submitting the report. It is also not possible to reopen or correct your report after submission. Furthermore, you can only report for the current period, and not for previous reports you are missing.

Reporting is mandatory by law

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

Act on Statistics Denmark, Section 8-12a obliges businesses to report information for statistics.

The number of companies required to report

The survey is based on a sample of approximately 1,900 Danish retail trade enterprises. The companies are selected based on VAT-reports to the Danish tax administration.

How are the companies chosen?

The survey is based on a sample of retail businesses. The businesses are selected on the basis of information about their annual turnover, derived from VAT returns submitted to the Danish Tax Agency.

The sample is divided into 33 industry groups. The businesses are ranked from largest to smallest within the 33 industry groups, with the smallest businesses – those with turnover in the lowest 10 per cent – never being selected for the survey. Businesses whose combined turnover accounts for between 11 and 49 per cent of the group’s total turnover are randomly selected for the sample. The largest businesses, whose combined turnover accounts for 50 per cent of the group’s total turnover, are always selected for the sample.

Companies can voluntarily report the time they spend completing the survey. Companies typically spend about 5 minutes on this survey - including getting access, retrieving information, entering data and, in some cases, contacting our support. Based on the typical time spent per survey, the total time companies spend on this survey is calculated at 1,990 hours per year.