Under the term of business intelligence is considered a process of collecting, analyzing and distributing high-quality informations that achieve new business knowledge in the company, with which decison makers need to make good business decisions. Controlling as expert boost to management, collects for management information needed to achieve business goals. Controlling and management cooperation increases the quality of work of controlling, and therefore also management quality. Also, their cooperation helps management to make good business decisions. Business intelligence accelerates decision-making process and saves time. The paper presents the results of empirical research on the appliance of business intelligence in enterprises in Croatia. This research was made through a questionnaire, and lasted in the period July - September 2015. According to the survey, the majority of Croatian companies does not have a separate department of business intelligence, but perform functions of business intelligence, while a small number of companies has a separate department for business intelligence. Business intelligence exist in all surveyed companies from 5 to 10 years, while as main reasons for the initiation of business intelligence in the enterprise, Croatian companies cite the need for better managing to information and the need for informations in the planning and decision-making process.