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Ranking of the counties of Croatia by businesses per inhabitant

How many businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every county of Croatia and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 4,821.2 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 21 inhabitants.

4,821.2
businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Croatia
one for every 21 inhabitants
7,826.5
the most — Istria County
one for every 13 inhabitants
2,273.3
the fewest — Krapina-Zagorje County
one for every 44 inhabitants
3.9M
inhabitants
DZS, popis 2021. (zaokruženo)
How we count. Businesses — the active businesses of our base on the date of the update. Population — DZS, popis 2021. (zaokruženo). Tourist areas and business districts rise in the ranking: many businesses for the resident population.

Ranking of the counties: businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕County ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Istria County 196,000 15,340
7,826.5
13
02 Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 266,000 19,145
7,197.4
14
03 Zadar County 160,000 10,399
6,499.4
15
04 Šibenik-Knin County 97,000 6,232
6,424.7
16
05 Split-Dalmatia County 424,000 26,978
6,362.7
16
06 Dubrovnik-Neretva County 116,000 6,854
5,908.6
17
07 Zagreb County 300,000 15,539
5,179.7
19
08 Lika-Senj County 43,000 2,201
5,118.6
20
09 City of Zagreb 767,000 34,186
4,457.1
22
10 Osijek-Baranja County 259,000 11,202
4,325.1
23
11 Karlovac County 112,000 4,218
3,766.1
27
12 Međimurje County 106,000 3,950
3,726.4
27
13 Vukovar-Syrmia County 144,000 4,807
3,338.2
30
14 Varaždin County 160,000 5,231
3,269.4
31
15 Koprivnica-Križevci County 102,000 3,297
3,232.4
31
16 Brod-Posavina County 130,000 4,134
3,180.0
31
17 Požega-Slavonia County 64,000 1,848
2,887.5
35
18 Sisak-Moslavina County 140,000 4,042
2,887.1
35
19 Bjelovar-Bilogora County 102,000 2,769
2,714.7
37
20 Virovitica-Podravina County 71,000 1,914
2,695.8
37
21 Krapina-Zagorje County 120,000 2,728
2,273.3
44
Average of Croatia — 4,821.2 per 100,000 inhabitants187,014 businesses · 3,879,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Businesses ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 RijekaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar County 107,964 7,705
7,136.6
14
02 SplitSplit-Dalmatia County 149,830 10,641
7,102.0
14
03 ZagrebCity of Zagreb 663,592 30,250
4,558.5
22
04 Rijeka/DražicePrimorje-Gorski Kotar County 107,964 1
0.9
107,964
05 Split- SolinSplit-Dalmatia County 149,830 1
0.7
149,830
06 Zagreb - SusedgradCity of Zagreb 663,592 1
0.2
663,592
07 Zagreb - LučkoCity of Zagreb 663,592 1
0.2
663,592
08 Zagreb - Novi ZagrebCity of Zagreb 663,592 1
0.2
663,592
09 Zagreb-BuzinCity of Zagreb 663,592 1
0.2
663,592

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