Financing your business with Communauté de communes du Cœur de l'Avesnois

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Communauté de communes du Cœur de l'Avesnois (3CA)

Intermunicipal authority in the Nord department, Hauts-de-France region.

The 3CA offers local economic grants for business creation or takeover and for the development of micro and small/medium-sized businesses, in coordination with regional schemes.

The official pages link these grants to a partnership agreement with the Région Hauts-de-France signed on June 25, 2024. The amounts are not uniform and must be checked scheme by scheme.

Member municipalities of the Communauté de communes du Cœur de l'Avesnois.

The business must generally be located in the area and carry out its main activity there; check the specific conditions of each grant.

Founders and buyers of retail, craft or service businesses; micro and small/medium-sized businesses in a development phase, depending on the business's age and size.

The official pages specify in particular registration with the RNE (National Business Register), turnover, headcount, seniority, and tax/social compliance. Micro-enterprises are not eligible for all schemes.

Local grants whose amount depends on the project.

The public pages consulted do not provide a single scale that would confirm a standard amount applicable to all grants. Do not extrapolate from the historical bonuses published in the examples.

Business creation or takeover; development of a micro or small/medium-sized business; investments and business growth.

Have the eligible expenses, submission timeline, stacking rules and the scheme's open status confirmed by the economic development department.

1. Contact the economic development department. 2. Present the business, its location, age, headcount, turnover and the project. 3. Obtain the current regulation and application form. 4. Confirm whether the application must precede any commitment of expenses.

Do not incur expenses before written confirmation of the rules and the acceptable submission date.

Economic development department — 03 27 83 01 21

Number shown on the 3CA's official economic grant pages.

The presence of a grant in the catalog does not guarantee that the scheme is open or that a business is eligible.

The official pages are available; however, the detailed scale and the open status of each scheme must be confirmed by contacting the authority.

Development grant for small/medium-sized businesses over 3 years old

Reference amount: Grant whose amount will depend on the project. | Status: official verification pending

Does the 3CA offer grants to businesses?

Yes, its official website presents grants for creation/takeover and for the development of micro and small/medium-sized businesses. The amount depends on the project and the scheme.

What is the amount of the grant?

There is no single confirmed amount from the pages consulted. Ask the economic development department for the applicable scale and the regulation in force.

When should the application be submitted?

Have the timeline confirmed, and whether the application must be submitted before the project starts or expenses are ordered.

Official sources

• 3CA — Development grant for small/medium-sized businesses and micro-businesses
• 3CA — Grant for business creation or takeover
• 3CA — Entrepreneur's guide for Cœur de l'Avesnois
• 3CA — 2025 council resolutions