Financial resources are extremely important in all phases of a company's business. Most companies don't have enough of their own funds available, so they have to acquire them from other sources. Since the Croatian market is highly bank-centric, bank loans are most often used. As an alternative to a short-term bank loan, companies can use factoring, a form of financing that involves the sale of short-term assets, most often receivables from customers, to a bank or a specialized financial institution - factoring company. On this way, companies can obtain the necessary funds without borrowing from banks, which is a significant advantage for small and medium-sized enterprises that face certain problems when obtaining bank loans. The factoring market in the Republic of Croatia recorded stable growth with two oscillations related to the global crisis which caused a slight decline in the market and the Agrokor crisis which significantly affected the factoring market. The crisis of Agrokor led to a significant decline in the volume of transactions in the factoring market, and factoring companies made a loss for the first time. However, after the Agrokor crisis, more attention was focused on the factoring market, which can be used to improve the business of factoring providers in the future and solve other problems related to the factoring market, such as the regulation of factoring service providers.