Encouraging entrepreneurship is recognized as a key driver of the economy for every country. Entrepreneurship has a significant impact on the economy through the creation of jobs, an increase in the gross domestic product, foreign trade and other factors. One of the measures to encourage entrepreneurship is subsidies for self-employment, which have been available for Croatian citizens for some time. The creation of entrepreneurial intentions is influenced by various determinants, and this paper raises the question of the role of subsidies for self-employment in their creation. In order to find the answer to that question, a questionnaire was conducted in which 84 respondents participated. It was established that respondents most often received information about subsidies from people who are former or current beneficiaries of subsidies, and that they were motivated to self-employment to the greatest extent by dissatisfaction with their previous workplaces. Slightly less than half of the respondents are not sure or would not start a business without subsidies, and for these respondents subsidies played a role in creating entrepreneurial intentions. However, other respondents would have started the business regardless of the subsidies, therefore for them the possibility of receiving subsidies did not influence the creation of entrepreneurial intention. The research thus confirmed that for different people, different determinants have priority when creating entrepreneurial intentions, and ultimately also for entering the world of entrepreneurship.