NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate

Zadarska županija had the highest enterprise birth rate of 21 areas in 2022, at 13%. Ličko-senjska županija had the lowest, at 9.65%. The median was 11.37% and the figure for Croatia was 11.53%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13Zadarska županija

Lowest9.65Ličko-senjska županija

Median11.3721 areas

Croatia11.53History

All areas, 2022

%. Source: 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). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2022 (%)	Change on 2021
1	Zadarska županija	13	+1.85 pts
2	Osječko-baranjska županija	12.69	-0.46 pts
3	Šibensko-kninska županija	12.42	+2 pts
4	Vukovarsko-srijemska županija	12.26	-0.82 pts
5	Brodsko-posavska županija	12.2	-0.54 pts
6	Istarska županija	11.97	+1.83 pts
7	Splitsko-dalmatinska županija	11.89	+1.23 pts
8	Koprivničko-križevačka županija	11.87	-0.18 pts
9	Grad Zagreb	11.59	+0.4 pts
10	Zagrebačka županija	11.57	+0.43 pts
11	Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija	11.37	+1.23 pts
12	Virovitičko-podravska županija	11.16	-0.53 pts
13	Sisačko-moslavačka županija	11.07	-2.62 pts
14	Požeško-slavonska županija	11.05	-0.93 pts
15	Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija	10.85	+2.26 pts
16	Varaždinska županija	10.68	+0.12 pts
17	Primorsko-goranska županija	10.54	-0.23 pts
18	Krapinsko-zagorska županija	10.21	+0.46 pts
19	Karlovačka županija	9.99	-0.27 pts
20	Međimurska županija	9.88	+0.33 pts
21	Ličko-senjska županija	9.65	-0.83 pts

Other periods

2023
2022
2021

About this ranking

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.

Eurostat and OECD harmonised business demography. Not comparable with establishment_entry_rate, which counts new locations of US businesses, including branches of existing firms.

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, 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.

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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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 2022) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table

MLA 9

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), NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 2022. Eurostat, European Commission, 13 Mar. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 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/enterprise-birth-rate/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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r), NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 2022 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/croatia-provinces?period=2022 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{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): NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise birth rate, 2022}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-birth-rate/croatia-provinces?period=2022. Publisher attribution: 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.},
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Which area has the highest enterprise birth rate?

Zadarska županija, with 13% in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest enterprise birth rate?

Ličko-senjska županija, with 9.65% 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, birth rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). Retrieved 2026-10-12.