I plan to sell regularly
Start a sole trader business
Learn how to register with Skatteverket, choose F-tax or FA-tax, handle VAT, and begin simple bookkeeping.
Guides for home cooks
Everything you need to start cooking from home
Clear, practical guides for setting up your business, registering your food activity, and preparing meals safely.
Find the right guide
Choose the situation that sounds most like you.
I only plan to sell occasionally
Check whether hobby rules fit
Understand when food sales may count as hobby income and when the activity should instead be treated as a business.
I am ready to register
Register your home food business
See what information Göteborgs Stad requires, what registration costs, and what happens after you submit.
I need food safety routines
Prepare your home kitchen safely
Learn the practical rules for hygiene, allergens, temperatures, storage, cooling, freezing, traceability, and delivery.
Recommended order
A simple path to your first order
Most home cooks can work through these three stages.
01
Choose how you will sell
Decide whether you are starting a business or whether your small, occasional sales genuinely meet the hobby rules.
02
Register the food activity
Register the food business you will operate from your home kitchen with Göteborgs Stad before you begin selling.
03
Prepare safe routines
Set up practical routines for hygiene, allergens, temperatures, storage, traceability, packaging, and transport.
Some rules are local
The food business registration guide covers Göteborg. If you live in another municipality, contact your local environmental or food control authority before you begin selling.
Ready to cook?
Start with the guide that matches where you are today.
You do not need to understand everything at once. Complete one step, then move to the next.