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Submitting data to the Federal Statistical Office as a wholesale company

Service Description

The Federal Statistical Office (StBA) continuously collects and analyzes data on the German economy and other areas of society. The StBA prepares the data and makes the results available. These statistics serve as a basis for policy-making, among other things.

For this reason, companies are obliged to provide information. Not all companies are surveyed, but companies are selected at random using scientific methods. If your company receives a corresponding request from the StBA, you must provide the requested data. The StBA requests certain data monthly, others annually.

This applies to companies in the wholesale sector with the exception of motor vehicles and motorcycles.

The data that you must submit on a monthly basis may include the following:

  • Turnover
  • Number of persons employed
  • Federal states in which your company has branches.

The data you must submit annually may include the following:

  • Main economic activity carried out
  • Number of branches
  • Number of active persons
  • turnover
  • taxes
  • Subsidies
  • Investments
  • Expenses

Process flow

If your company has been selected, please submit your data as follows:

  • You will receive a letter asking you to submit your data to the Federal Statistical Office. The information required in your case can be found in the online form provided.
  • Log in to the survey portal of the Federal and State Statistical Offices. Follow the relevant instructions to use the reporting procedure that is right for you:
    • IDEV: Submit the data via electronic online forms. An automatic completion aid will support you.
      • You have received the access data for IDEV with the letter.
    • Only possible for monthly data transmission: eSTATISTIK.CORE: Automatically compile the data electronically in your respective software system, provided your software company has provided the corresponding functionalities. As a rule, you can check the data on screen before submitting it. Then transmit the data to the Federal Statistical Office using the software provided.
      • You may have to register once with your software company to use eSTATISTIK.CORE.
  • The Federal Statistical Office may ask you to complete your data.
  • You will receive confirmation that your data has been transmitted.

Requirements

The obligation to provide information to the Federal Statistical Office applies to companies in the wholesale trade sector. The wholesale of motor vehicles and motorcycles is excluded.

Which documents are required?

You do not need to submit any documents.

What are the fees?

There are no costs for you.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

You can find out how long you have to submit the data in the letter from the Federal Statistical Office.

Processing duration

The Federal Statistical Office will immediately confirm the transmission of your data.

You will need an average of 90 minutes to process the online form for the annual statistics in the retail sector.

You will need an average of 19 minutes to process the online form for monthly statistics in wholesale.

Legal basis

Applications / forms

  • Objection

Detailed information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the notice of appeal from the Federal Statistical Office.

  • Administrative complaint

Appeal

Forms: yes
Online procedure possible: yes
Written form required: no
Personal appearance required: no

Further Information

Author

Forwarding service: Deep link to the original portal

The text was automatically translated based on the German content.

Technically approved by

Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK)

Professionally released on

21.07.2022

Source: Zuständigkeitsfinder Thüringen (Linie6PLus)

Start your request directly online:

Competent Authority

Statistisches Bundesamt (StBA)

Address
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11
65189 Wiesbaden, Landeshauptstadt

Postal address
65180 Wiesbaden, Landeshauptstadt
Telephone
+49 611 75-2405
Fax
+49 611 75-4000
E-Mail
Contact us
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Website of the Federal Statistical Office
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Online contact form
DE-Mail
poststelle@destatis.de-mail.de
Opening times

Office hours

Monday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Wednesday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.