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Zagreb entered 2025 with its two largest independent software success stories under foreign ownership. Google absorbed Photomath in 2022. Endava completed its €208 million...
The Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences in Osijek produces between 250 and 300 agricultural engineers and food technologists every year. The Croatian Employment Service...
Zagreb in 2026 sits at an unusual intersection. The city's banking headquarters, shared service centres, and corporate finance operations are expanding on the strength of Euro...
Zagreb's electrical engineering and advanced manufacturing sector absorbed €340 million in announced capital investment across 2024 and 2025. Končar commissioned a €25 million...
Zadar Airport now handles two million passengers a year. The terminal expansion completed in late 2024 added fourteen winter routes where there had been nine. Cruise traffic...
Zadar County's seafood and agri food exports reached €78.4 million in 2024, an 8.3% increase year on year. Tuna farms off the islands of Ugljan and Dugi Otok shipped record...
Dubrovnik's nautical sector generated €142 million in direct revenue through charter operations, marina fees, and provisioning in 2024. Berth utilisation at ACI Marina...
Dubrovnik recorded 1.87 million tourist arrivals in the first nine months of 2024 alone, a 12% year on year increase. Luxury hotel renovations totalling tens of millions of...
Dubrovnik's short term rental sector controls roughly 4,200 active listings. That figure represents approximately 18% of the city's total housing stock. In the historic Old...
The Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences in Osijek produces between 250 and 300 agricultural engineers and food technologists every year. The Croatian Employment Service...
Osijek Baranja County is receiving some of the largest infrastructure investment in eastern Croatia's modern history. Approximately €450 million in EU funding has been directed...
Osijek's ICT sector added roughly 300 jobs in 2024, anchored by international delivery centres expanding headcount at double digit rates. On the surface, this is a success...
Pula's nautical tourism sector generated €47 million in direct charter revenue in 2024, and Veruda Marina hit 94% peak occupancy. On paper, this is a sector in excellent...
Pula's tourism operators spent over €40 million between 2024 and early 2026 repositioning the city as a luxury destination. Arena Hospitality Group completed its Grand Kažela...
Istrian extra virgin olive oil sells for three times the Croatian national average. White truffles from the Motovun Forest fetch €3,800 per kilogram at wholesale. Pula's...
Rijeka's two major shipyards received approximately €45 million in infrastructure investment between 2022 and 2025. New floating docks, CNC cutting lines, and modernised...
Croatia's only fully integrated petroleum logistics chain sits on a strip of Adriatic coastline between the Port of Rijeka and the hills above Kostrena. INA's Urinj refinery,...
Rijeka's port cluster is now handling more capital investment than at any point in its modern history. The Rijeka Gateway deep water terminal at Zagreb Pier, a €280 million...
Split's coastal tourism economy crossed a threshold in 2024 that few Mediterranean rivals can match. The city recorded 945,000 tourist arrivals and 2.8 million overnight stays,...
Split's shipyards delivered polar expedition cruise vessels in 2024 that rank among the most technically sophisticated ships constructed anywhere in Europe. The city's repair...
Split produces 450 ICT graduates per year from its universities. It has 1,400 unfilled technology positions across Split Dalmatia County. These two numbers should not coexist....
Varaždin County's textile and apparel sector exported €68 million in goods in 2023, with export values climbing a further 8% through 2024. By any conventional measure, this is...
Varaždin County's metalworking sector closed 2024 with €42 million in new automation capital expenditure, a 28% year on year increase. CNC machines, collaborative robots, and...
Varaždin County processes roughly €2.2 billion annually in wholesale trade, with more than a third destined for Slovenia and nearly another third for Hungary. The A4 motorway...
Zadar Airport now handles two million passengers a year. The terminal expansion completed in late 2024 added fourteen winter routes where there had been nine. Cruise traffic...
Zadar County's seafood and agri food exports reached €78.4 million in 2024, an 8.3% increase year on year. Tuna farms off the islands of Ugljan and Dugi Otok shipped record...
Zadar County now hosts 1,400 registered charter vessels, a deep water port handling nearly 300,000 cruise passengers a year, and a ship repair yard running at near full...
Zagreb entered 2025 with its two largest independent software success stories under foreign ownership. Google absorbed Photomath in 2022. Endava completed its €208 million...
Zagreb in 2026 sits at an unusual intersection. The city's banking headquarters, shared service centres, and corporate finance operations are expanding on the strength of Euro...
Zagreb's electrical engineering and advanced manufacturing sector absorbed €340 million in announced capital investment across 2024 and 2025. Končar commissioned a €25 million...
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