# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `enterprise_birth_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Enterprise births in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A birth is a new enterprise created from scratch, not by a merger, break-up or reactivation.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (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/enterprise-birth-rate/croatia-provinces

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Zadarska županija | 15.16 |
| 2 | Osječko-baranjska županija | 14.57 |
| 3 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | 14.46 |
| 4 | Brodsko-posavska županija | 13.47 |
| 5 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | 13.38 |
| 6 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | 13.06 |
| 7 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | 13.05 |
| 8 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | 12.92 |
| 9 | Šibensko-kninska županija | 12.84 |
| 10 | Ličko-senjska županija | 12.62 |
| 11 | Zagrebačka županija | 12.23 |
| 12 | Grad Zagreb | 12.18 |
| 13 | Istarska županija | 12.16 |
| 14 | Požeško-slavonska županija | 12.05 |
| 15 | Primorsko-goranska županija | 11.76 |
| 16 | Varaždinska županija | 11.63 |
| 16 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | 11.63 |
| 18 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | 11.2 |
| 19 | Karlovačka županija | 11.01 |
| 20 | Međimurska županija | 10.39 |
| 21 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | 10.32 |