# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises, 2023

All 21 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `active_enterprises`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/croatia-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grad Zagreb | 67,348 |
| 2 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | 27,987 |
| 3 | Primorsko-goranska županija | 21,226 |
| 4 | Istarska županija | 19,389 |
| 5 | Zagrebačka županija | 16,743 |
| 6 | Osječko-baranjska županija | 11,444 |
| 7 | Zadarska županija | 10,754 |
| 8 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | 8,275 |
| 9 | Varaždinska županija | 7,858 |
| 10 | Šibensko-kninska županija | 5,731 |
| 11 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | 5,416 |
| 12 | Međimurska županija | 5,062 |
| 13 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | 5,024 |
| 14 | Brodsko-posavska županija | 4,914 |
| 15 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | 4,813 |
| 16 | Karlovačka županija | 4,467 |
| 17 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | 3,861 |
| 18 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | 3,653 |
| 19 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | 2,424 |
| 20 | Požeško-slavonska županija | 2,266 |
| 21 | Ličko-senjska županija | 2,029 |