This work covers the role of entrepreneurial support institutions as an essential link for supporting the development of entrepreneurship in general, support for individual entrepreneurship, and above all as support for the development of female entrepreneurship. The first part refers to the theoretical part of the development of the concepts of entrepreneurship, entrepreneur as a person and, in comparison, the concepts of individual and female entrepreneurship. After the introductory theoretical elaborations, the basic topics of this paper are described, namely individual and female entrepreneurship. The paper presents the essential guidelines for these two types of entrepreneurship, as well as elaborated positive and negative aspects that could make people decide on some of these ventures. Women's entrepreneurship is important in every country, so the Republic of Croatia also has numerous supports for the development of women's entrepreneurship, but still not enough to encourage more women for business ventures. Entrepreneurial support institutions that are essential for the development of the economy were also considered in this work. Their function and role in the development of entrepreneurship will be analyzed. Finally, through research work, the market will be examined in order to get people's opinions about individual and female entrepreneurship.