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Ranking of the counties of Croatia by food and drink businesses per inhabitant

How many food and drink businesses there are per 100,000 inhabitants in every county of Croatia and in the cities of more than 100,000 inhabitants. On average, 626.8 per 100,000 inhabitants, one for every 160 inhabitants.

626.8
food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants — Croatia
one for every 160 inhabitants
1,366.3
the most — Istria County
one for every 73 inhabitants
316.7
the fewest — Krapina-Zagorje County
one for every 316 inhabitants
3.9M
inhabitants
DZS, popis 2021. (zaokruženo)
How we count. Businesses — the active food and drink 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: food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants

Food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants and inhabitants per business. Click a column to sort.

No. ↕County ↕Population ↕Food & Drink ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 Istria County 196,000 2,678
1,366.3
73
02 Šibenik-Knin County 97,000 1,195
1,232.0
81
03 Zadar County 160,000 1,892
1,182.5
85
04 Dubrovnik-Neretva County 116,000 1,250
1,077.6
93
05 Primorje-Gorski Kotar County 266,000 2,686
1,009.8
99
06 Lika-Senj County 43,000 434
1,009.3
99
07 Split-Dalmatia County 424,000 4,136
975.5
103
08 Zagreb County 300,000 1,521
507.0
197
09 Karlovac County 112,000 482
430.4
232
10 Osijek-Baranja County 259,000 1,096
423.2
236
11 Međimurje County 106,000 435
410.4
244
12 Vukovar-Syrmia County 144,000 584
405.6
247
13 Požega-Slavonia County 64,000 254
396.9
252
14 Varaždin County 160,000 618
386.3
259
15 Koprivnica-Križevci County 102,000 386
378.4
264
16 City of Zagreb 767,000 2,749
358.4
279
17 Brod-Posavina County 130,000 458
352.3
284
18 Sisak-Moslavina County 140,000 490
350.0
286
19 Virovitica-Podravina County 71,000 247
347.9
287
20 Bjelovar-Bilogora County 102,000 343
336.3
297
21 Krapina-Zagorje County 120,000 380
316.7
316
Average of Croatia — 626.8 per 100,000 inhabitants24,314 food and drink businesses · 3,879,000 inhabitants

Towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants

Food and drink businesses per 100,000 inhabitants in the large towns. Population of the towns — GeoNames.

No. ↕Town ↕Population ↕Food & Drink ↕Per 100,000 people ↕Inhabitants per business ↕
01 SplitSplit-Dalmatia County 149,830 1,231
821.6
122
02 RijekaPrimorje-Gorski Kotar County 107,964 675
625.2
160
03 ZagrebCity of Zagreb 663,592 2,380
358.7
279

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