Social entrepreneurship in the last decades has become known as a concept that contains an innovative approach to poverty, social exclusion and ecological problems. It is thought that social entrepreneurship contains transformative power and that it can bring progress to society, that is to say, positive social changes with a wider influence on social environment. This paper gives a brief overview of social entrepreneurship in the world and in Europe, and also thematizes the condition of social entrepreneurship in the Republic of Croatia. The theoretical part brings a view of the research on social entrepreneurship in Croatia together with a perspective on legal, institutional and financial framework for the agency of social enterprises. Since social entrepreneurship is closely associated with social change, it is conceptualized so that the research part of the paper could answer the base question of whether social entrepreneurship has potential to start social change in Croatian context. The conducted research is qualitative and explorative. In six conducted interviews the assumption is confirmed, in other words, the fact that social entrepreneurship is becoming more recognizable than before, but until legal and institutional framework that can secure its development and agency is arranged, the idea of social change will remain just an an ideal to which social entrepreneurs can strive to achieve. The interlocutors in the research think that citizens are rarely familiar with the concept, which is attributed to the disinterest of the media and the government who themselves are not very well versed in social entrepreneurship and consequences of its agency on social groups.