Financing your business with CC Xaintrie Val’Dordogne

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A local one-stop shop for creating, taking over and growing a business

The Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val’Dordogne offers local support to entrepreneurs wishing to create, take over or grow a business in the area. Its Economic Development department helps identify the schemes, put together applications, and, where relevant, bring in regional or financial partners.

The grants presented in this guide

The grants are subject to conditions on location, registration, expenses and combination. The caps described in the reference database must be confirmed against the current regulation.

A local grant with an overall cap

The reference database and the public fact sheets indicate a cumulative cap of €10,000 per applicant over two years for all inter-municipal grants combined. This is an overall cap, distinct from the maximum amount of each measure. The number of applications per scheme and the combination rules must be checked before planning several operations.

Investing in tangible or intangible assets

The tangible or intangible investment grant can cover equipment, certain tangible items acquired with a business (fonds de commerce), software or communication tools. The reference database indicates a grant of 20% of eligible expenses, capped at €1,200, with a possible bonus for SSE structures. The excluded sectors and the tax/social conditions must be checked.

Setting up a new activity

The setting-up grant targets newly located businesses or activities missing from the area, with criteria on financial health and registration date. The reference database indicates 30% of expenses excluding VAT, capped at €3,000, with an SSE bonus and a possible bonus for a commercial premises that has been vacant for more than six months. Certain statuses and sectors are excluded.

Works, standards and shopfronts

The real estate grants cover compliance upgrades and the renovation of commercial shopfronts, subject to planning rules, location and eligible expenses. The catalogue indicates up to 20% of expenses, with a cap generally of €1,000 per measure and a possible SSE bonus. One application per year and per measure may be required.

External advice and support

The advisory grant contributes to financing an external service, a study or a diagnostic useful to creating, maintaining or developing the activity. The reference database indicates 20% of eligible expenses, capped at €500 excluding VAT, with a possible SSE bonus. It must be checked whether the service needs to be ordered or approved before it starts.

Recruiting the first employee on a permanent contract

The recruitment scheme is presented as a flat-rate grant of €1,500. The detailed criteria on contract type, duration, timetable, net job creation and the business's eligibility must be checked with the economic development department before signing or the employee starting the role.

Testing a shop before setting up

The "Teste ta boutique" call for projects allows a commercial activity to be trialled in a premises before a long-term commitment. The catalogue indicates coverage of 50% of the rent for six months, capped at €300 per month, with a possible SSE bonus. The existence of an active call and the availability of a premises must be confirmed.

Setting up in an inter-municipal business park

The business park promotion scheme links a reduction in the price of land to job-creation targets on permanent contracts: the more jobs created, the larger the announced reduction, down to a symbolic price according to the catalogue scale. It is aimed at new businesses setting up in an inter-municipal business park, not at businesses already established there.

Preparing the application

1. Contact the Economic Development department before committing to expenses. 2. Describe the project, the municipality, the activity, the timetable and the jobs. 3. Prepare quotes, registration, tax and social certificates, the financing plan and any required authorisations. 4. Have the eligible base and combination rules confirmed. 5. Submit the application using the form and the regulation in force.

Combining grants and deadlines

The cumulative cap indicated is €10,000 over two years, across all inter-municipal grants. The regulation may provide for only one application per year for a given measure. Starting an expense before approval may jeopardise eligibility: request written confirmation from the processing department.

Who should I contact to find out which grant matches my project?

Xaintrie Val’Dordogne's Economic Development department is the point of entry: phone 05 55 91 45 47, email economie@xaintrie-val-dordogne.fr. It can help put together the application and refer you to regional partners or loan and guarantee schemes.

Does the €10,000 cap apply to each grant?

No. The catalogue describes an overall cap of €10,000 over two years for all inter-municipal grants per applicant. The individual caps must therefore be read taking into account the amount already obtained under other measures.

Are the grants automatically open?

No. Each scheme depends on the regulation, the funding, the timetable, the expenses and the processing of the application. For "Teste ta boutique", the existence of an active call and the availability of a premises must in particular be confirmed.

Checking the grants suited to my project

Capital OS makes it possible to identify local grants based on the SIRET number, the project and the planned expenses. For Xaintrie Val’Dordogne, the next step is to contact the economic development department to confirm the regulation, the amounts still available and the submission conditions.

Review status

Partial review: eight grants documented and cross-checked with the official portal and public fact sheets updated in 2025. The official portal confirms the existence of a regulation, a brochure and an application form, but the timetables, funding and detailed regulations of each scheme must be checked. The caps must be presented as those of the reference database, not as a guarantee of financing.

Official sources

• Financing your project — Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val’Dordogne
• Creating your business — Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val’Dordogne
• Tangible or intangible investment grant — France Num
• Grant for setting up new businesses — France Num
• Grants for commercial shopfronts — Base Aide Publique Entreprise / Infogreffe
• Advisory grant — Base Aide Publique Entreprise / Infogreffe
• Grant for promoting inter-municipal business parks — Base Aide Publique Entreprise / Infogreffe
• Project leader — local service — Communauté de communes Xaintrie Val’Dordogne