NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises

Grad Zagreb had the highest active enterprises of 21 areas in 2022, at 64,518. Ličko-senjska županija had the lowest, at 1,896. The median was 5,346 and the figure for Croatia was 227,408. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest64,518Grad Zagreb

Lowest1,896Ličko-senjska županija

Median5,34621 areas

Croatia227,408History

All areas, 2022

count. Source: Eurostat, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Grad Zagreb	64,518	+4.4%
2	Splitsko-dalmatinska županija	26,384	+5.4%
3	Primorsko-goranska županija	20,046	+3%
4	Istarska županija	18,295	+4.7%
5	Zagrebačka županija	15,714	+6%
6	Osječko-baranjska županija	10,627	+4.6%
7	Zadarska županija	9,658	+5.1%
8	Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija	7,603	+3%
9	Varaždinska županija	7,358	+5.4%
10	Šibensko-kninska županija	5,594	+3.6%
11	Krapinsko-zagorska županija	5,346	+5.5%
12	Međimurska županija	4,866	+4%
13	Sisačko-moslavačka županija	4,734	+4.2%
14	Brodsko-posavska županija	4,485	+4.8%
15	Vukovarsko-srijemska županija	4,470	+4.6%
16	Karlovačka županija	4,233	+3.4%
17	Koprivničko-križevačka županija	3,614	+5%
18	Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija	3,474	+4.2%
19	Virovitičko-podravska županija	2,348	+3.6%
20	Požeško-slavonska županija	2,145	+5.7%
21	Ličko-senjska županija	1,896	+1.4%

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

Enterprises that had turnover or employment at any time during the year, with or without employees.

Counts enterprises, which can run several local units, under the harmonised Eurostat and OECD business demography rules. Not the same as active_companies (the INE business register count for Spain) or employer_firms (US firms with employees). For the UK it counts every enterprise active at some point in the year, so it differs from registered_enterprises_total (UK Business Counts), a snapshot of the register in March.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

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Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises, 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/croatia-provinces?period=2022. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises, 2022. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/croatia-provinces?period=2022.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprises, number (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by active enterprises, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/active-enterprises/croatia-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
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Which area has the highest active enterprises?

Grad Zagreb, with 64,518 in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest active enterprises?

Ličko-senjska županija, with 1,896 in 2022.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.