The theme of this final work is "Types of retail formats". The aim of this final work is to analyze trade as a starting point and to look more at retail. This final work describes basic concepts of trade, retail and retail forms, definitions and methods of market research, retail trade development in the Republic of Croatia and their classification. The trade has and still has a significant role in economic development. Trade activity is facing great challenges such as competition and concentration on the domestic market, the introduction of new technologies, globalization and so on. Retailers have the role of intermediaries between end consumers and manufacturers or brand suppliers. In Croatia, retail businesses are classified in stores that offer predominantly food products and stores with predominantly non-food products. The size of an enterprise is measured by the number of employees, assets and sales and the success of the business through various indicators of profitability, such as gross and net profit margins. Restricting factors of growth in retail trade are unemployment and low purchasing power, low economic expectations of consumers and an unstable macroeconomic environment. After the survey of retail and its formats, a review of the final work as a whole was concluded, and it was concluded that it still needs to be developed and internationalized with regard to market needs and consumer satisfaction, so future development depends on the ability to adapt to market demands.