The subject of this paper is the peculiarities of the development of the family company Gavrilović. As it has been known for a long time, a family business arises because someone has a vision and is determined to realize that vision. The success of family businesses is based on striving for goals that go beyond mere profit maximization. Innovation and the desire to do the right thing have stimulated the desire to build something, instead of just doing it right. The aim of this paper is therefore to explain the evolutionary growth of the company, to explain the peculiarities of the development and inheritance of family businesses, as well as the growth of the family business in this case the company Gavrilović. The paper will use primary and secondary data sources. Professional and scientific literature, sources from the Internet will be used. Recommendations for further research in this area are a larger coverage of scientific professional literature, and an interview with the owner of a particular family business, and in this case it would be the owner of the company Gavrilovic.