Self-employment grants are a form of state aid directed towards unemployed persons who decide to start their own business and are registered in the records of the Croatian Employment Service. The conditions and methods of using the grants are issued by the Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family and Social Policy, which, among other things, performs tasks related to employment policy, labor market and active employment policy. The aim of this measure is to provide financial aid to unemployed persons to cover the initial operating and operating costs of a business entity. The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the interest of young people in the use of selfemployment grants. Also, using the data obtained from the Croatian Employment Service, the aim of this paper is to understand in which activities people self-employ themselves, and in which self-employment is deficient. Also, the aim is to understand whether there is a growth trend of newly included persons in the self-employment grants in the period from 2016 to 2020. Using the online questionnaire, it was possible to gain insight into the familiarity of young people with the self-employment grants and their interest in using them. By integrating knowledge based on data collected by the Croatian Employment Service and on data collected through online questionnaires, it is possible to understand the relationship between the preferred activities of young people and the real situation in the field of granting the self-employment grants. The results have shown that there was a growth trend of newly included persons from the field of all activities in the period from 2016, with the exception of 2020. Also, areas of activity with a significant number of newly included persons in employment grants have been identified. The results have also shown that as many as 47% of respondents saw themselves in entrepreneurial waters in their future, and that as many as 71% of respondents followed some of the related web portals through which they get the opportunity to gather additional information, monitor entrepreneurship trends and business models. However, it should be noted that as many as 51% of them believe that self-employment is not sufficiently promoted in the media and in the education system. Also, the results have shown that there was a general agreement with the areas of interest of young people and the trend of new people involved in these activities over the past few years.