Business entities – legal persons and craftsmen – in Croatia achieved revenue exceeding 79.35 billion kuna in retail trade during the second quarter of this year, as reported by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (DZS).
The majority of the revenue was generated by legal persons, accounting for 75.58 billion kuna or 95.2 percent of the total revenue, while craftsmen accounted for the remaining 4.8 percent or 3.77 billion kuna in retail trade. The largest portion of revenue in retail trade realized in the second quarter, amounting to 67.26 billion kuna, was generated in commercial activities, while revenue in non-commercial activities simultaneously amounted to 12.08 billion kuna.
The highest revenue among commercial activities was achieved in wholesale and retail mediation, excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles, and was greater than 32.18 billion kuna. Following were retail trade, excluding the trade of motor vehicles and motorcycles, repair of personal and household items, where revenue exceeded 24.35 billion kuna, and other wholesale trade, with 10.5 billion kuna in revenue.
According to DZS data, at the end of the second quarter of this year, legal persons had a total of 28,163 stores or services, while craftsmen had 21,520, totaling 49,683 stores. At the same time, 277,569 people were employed in retail trade in Croatia, of which 230,527 were in legal persons and 47,042 in crafts. In the first six months of this year, business entities (legal persons and craftsmen) achieved a total of 145.87 billion kuna in revenue in retail trade. (H)
