diff --git a/products/metrics/metrics-api/build.gradle.kts b/products/metrics/metrics-api/build.gradle.kts
index bc995a5c87d..24973772432 100644
--- a/products/metrics/metrics-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/products/metrics/metrics-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,4 +7,6 @@ description = "Metrics API"
 
 dependencies {
   implementation(libs.slf4j)
+
+  testImplementation(libs.bundles.junit5)
 }
diff --git a/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporter.java b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..393abb91b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package datadog.metrics.api.statsd;
+
+/**
+ * Reports a drained {@code long[]} of counter values -- e.g. from {@code
+ * Accumulator.accumulateAndReset(data)} -- to a {@link StatsDClient}, one {@link
+ * StatsDClient#count} call per enum constant whose value changed.
+ *
+ * @see StatsDCounterKey
+ */
+public final class StatsDCountReporter {
+  private StatsDCountReporter() {}
+
+  /**
+   * @param values the enum constants naming each counter, e.g. {@code MyCounters.values()}
+   * @param counts one value per constant, indexed by {@link Enum#ordinal()} -- e.g. the array
+   *     returned by {@code Accumulator.accumulateAndReset(data)}
+   * @param tags tags applied uniformly to every reported counter
+   */
+  public static <E extends Enum<E> & StatsDCounterKey> void report(
+      StatsDClient statsDClient, E[] values, long[] counts, String... tags) {
+    for (E value : values) {
+      long delta = counts[value.ordinal()];
+      if (delta != 0) {
+        statsDClient.count(value.getMetricName(), delta, tags);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCounterKey.java b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCounterKey.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..03b1125ad9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/main/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCounterKey.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package datadog.metrics.api.statsd;
+
+/**
+ * Lets an {@code enum} used as an {@code Accumulator} key declare its own dogstatsd metric name at
+ * the declaration site, so the schema and its reporting name can't drift apart.
+ *
+ * <pre>{@code
+ * enum MyCounters implements StatsDCounterKey {
+ *   FOO("my.counters.foo"),
+ *   BAR("my.counters.bar");
+ *
+ *   private final String metricName;
+ *   MyCounters(String metricName) { this.metricName = metricName; }
+ *   @Override public String getMetricName() { return metricName; }
+ * }
+ * }</pre>
+ *
+ * @see StatsDCountReporter
+ */
+public interface StatsDCounterKey {
+  String getMetricName();
+}
diff --git a/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/RecordingStatsDClient.java b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/RecordingStatsDClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..84b96c6069e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/RecordingStatsDClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package datadog.metrics.api.statsd;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/** Test fake that records every {@link #count} call; every other method is a no-op. */
+final class RecordingStatsDClient implements StatsDClient {
+
+  static final class Count {
+    final String metricName;
+    final long delta;
+    final String[] tags;
+
+    Count(String metricName, long delta, String[] tags) {
+      this.metricName = metricName;
+      this.delta = delta;
+      this.tags = tags;
+    }
+  }
+
+  final List<Count> counts = new ArrayList<>();
+
+  @Override
+  public void incrementCounter(String metricName, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void count(String metricName, long delta, String... tags) {
+    counts.add(new Count(metricName, delta, tags));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void gauge(String metricName, long value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void gauge(String metricName, double value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void histogram(String metricName, long value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void histogram(String metricName, double value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void distribution(String metricName, long value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void distribution(String metricName, double value, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void serviceCheck(
+      String serviceCheckName, String status, String message, String... tags) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void error(Exception error) {}
+
+  @Override
+  public int getErrorCount() {
+    return 0;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void close() {}
+}
diff --git a/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporterTest.java b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66f8911dba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/products/metrics/metrics-api/src/test/java/datadog/metrics/api/statsd/StatsDCountReporterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package datadog.metrics.api.statsd;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+class StatsDCountReporterTest {
+
+  private enum TestCounters implements StatsDCounterKey {
+    FOO("test.counters.foo"),
+    BAR("test.counters.bar");
+
+    private final String metricName;
+
+    TestCounters(String metricName) {
+      this.metricName = metricName;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getMetricName() {
+      return metricName;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void reportsNonZeroCounters() {
+    RecordingStatsDClient client = new RecordingStatsDClient();
+    long[] counts = new long[TestCounters.values().length];
+    counts[TestCounters.FOO.ordinal()] = 3L;
+
+    StatsDCountReporter.report(client, TestCounters.values(), counts);
+
+    assertEquals(1, client.counts.size());
+    assertEquals("test.counters.foo", client.counts.get(0).metricName);
+    assertEquals(3L, client.counts.get(0).delta);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void skipsZeroDeltaCounters() {
+    RecordingStatsDClient client = new RecordingStatsDClient();
+    long[] counts = new long[TestCounters.values().length];
+    counts[TestCounters.FOO.ordinal()] = 0L;
+    counts[TestCounters.BAR.ordinal()] = 5L;
+
+    StatsDCountReporter.report(client, TestCounters.values(), counts);
+
+    assertEquals(1, client.counts.size());
+    assertEquals("test.counters.bar", client.counts.get(0).metricName);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void reportsNegativeDeltas() {
+    RecordingStatsDClient client = new RecordingStatsDClient();
+    long[] counts = new long[TestCounters.values().length];
+    counts[TestCounters.FOO.ordinal()] = -2L;
+
+    StatsDCountReporter.report(client, TestCounters.values(), counts);
+
+    assertEquals(1, client.counts.size());
+    assertEquals(-2L, client.counts.get(0).delta);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void passesTagsThrough() {
+    RecordingStatsDClient client = new RecordingStatsDClient();
+    long[] counts = new long[TestCounters.values().length];
+    counts[TestCounters.FOO.ordinal()] = 1L;
+
+    StatsDCountReporter.report(client, TestCounters.values(), counts, "env:test", "service:foo");
+
+    assertArrayEquals(new String[] {"env:test", "service:foo"}, client.counts.get(0).tags);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void reportsNothingWhenAllCountersAreZero() {
+    RecordingStatsDClient client = new RecordingStatsDClient();
+    long[] counts = new long[TestCounters.values().length];
+
+    StatsDCountReporter.report(client, TestCounters.values(), counts);
+
+    assertTrue(client.counts.isEmpty());
+  }
+}