Background and Aims: The aim of the paper is to assess the level of significance of individual barriers constraining the development of entrepreneurship in the selected rural areas of Czestochowa Country in Central Poland, on the basis of the conducted empirical studies. Methods: Some light on what could increase the economic activity of rural areas is thrown by the information on the significance of some barriers, obtained due to the use of such research methods as the questionnaire and the interview. The main source of the applied data is 135 questionnaires and 6 standardized interviews. Results: On the basis of the opinion of the respondents and the representatives of the local authorities, there were classified individual barriers to entrepreneurship, from the point of view of their impact on the development of this phenomenon. The basis for the formulation of the overall assessment was the average calculated on the basis of partial evaluation of twenty highlighted factors hindering economic progress in the area. Conclusions: The hypothesis stating that the most serious barrier to the development of entrepreneurship in rural areas is lack of money has been verified positively