# NUTS 3 areas of Croatia by enterprise births, 2023

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

- Indicator id: `enterprise_births`
- Unit: count
- Definition: New enterprises created during the year from scratch. Enterprises formed by a merger, break-up or change of legal form, and enterprises reactivated within two years, are not births.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, enterprise births, 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, enterprise births, 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/enterprise-births/croatia-provinces

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Grad Zagreb | 8,203 |
| 2 | Splitsko-dalmatinska županija | 3,652 |
| 3 | Primorsko-goranska županija | 2,497 |
| 4 | Istarska županija | 2,357 |
| 5 | Zagrebačka županija | 2,047 |
| 6 | Osječko-baranjska županija | 1,667 |
| 7 | Zadarska županija | 1,630 |
| 8 | Dubrovačko-neretvanska županija | 1,081 |
| 9 | Varaždinska županija | 914 |
| 10 | Šibensko-kninska županija | 736 |
| 11 | Vukovarsko-srijemska županija | 696 |
| 12 | Sisačko-moslavačka županija | 672 |
| 13 | Brodsko-posavska županija | 662 |
| 14 | Krapinsko-zagorska županija | 559 |
| 15 | Međimurska županija | 526 |
| 16 | Koprivničko-križevačka županija | 499 |
| 17 | Karlovačka županija | 492 |
| 18 | Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija | 409 |
| 19 | Virovitičko-podravska županija | 282 |
| 20 | Požeško-slavonska županija | 273 |
| 21 | Ličko-senjska županija | 256 |