What funding can a business in Province Sud draw on?

Funder

Nouvelle-Calédonie – Province Sud

Number of grants listed

12 grants in the Capital OS database

Verification status

Partial review using recent official sources; temporary schemes and individual conditions must be verified before applying.

A range of grants to tell apart depending on the project

CASE (the economic support code) provides the general framework for investment and employment support. Province Sud also publishes schemes targeted at the digital transition of shops and trades, innovation, waste management, youth recruitment, cash-flow support or small business investment. These instruments do not all take the same form: grant, repayable advance, loan or credits usable on a platform.

The schemes listed in Capital OS

The list below reproduces the twelve lines in the database. The amounts and criteria are those recorded in the catalogue; they must be checked against the most recent official page, particularly where a deadline or a budget envelope is mentioned.

Employment grant for young Caledonian graduates

ID 10415 — Amount / form per the database: Coverage of the social security contributions relating to the job held for a maximum period of 18 months. The employment grant for young Caledonian graduates can be combined with the employment grant. When the job moves from a fixed-term contract of six months or more, full-time, to an open-ended contract, the grant cannot be awarded a second time for the same job.

Purpose

Support the hiring of young Caledonian graduates.

Eligible expenses

Hiring of a young Caledonian graduate on an open-ended contract or on a fixed-term contract of 12 months or more, whether or not it creates an additional salaried position:

under 35 years of age on 1 January of the year in which the grant application is filed; able to show ten years of uninterrupted residence in New Caledonia before starting higher education; holding a higher education qualification awarded after a course of at least five years of study following the baccalauréat; having obtained a university qualification related to the position for which they are hired.

Beneficiaries / conditions

A business or micro-business whose registered office and main activity are located within the geographical territory of Province Sud.

Grant for the digitalisation of local trade and retail businesses

ID 10462 — Amount / form per the database: Grant covering 50% of the total cost of eligible expenses, capped at 250,000 francs. The grant can only be awarded once per business.

Purpose

Support the digitalisation of local trade and retail businesses.

Eligible expenses

Support for digitalisation: a diagnostic to launch digital transformation carried out by a business whose registered office is in New Caledonia or by a chamber of trade; Purchase of, or subscription to, digital solutions from digital service companies established primarily in New Caledonia or, failing that, in metropolitan France or in a European Union member state; Acquisition of IT equipment (desktop computers, laptops and tablets, servers, network equipment, IP phones and telecommunications equipment, printers, consumables and media, peripherals and accessories); Completion of training on digital tools and digital solutions as well as on the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Promotion and media outreach expenses associated with implementing a digital solution.

The grant cannot be used exclusively for the acquisition of IT equipment.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Trades and retail businesses:

with their registered office and main activity in Province Sud; regularly selling products or services to individuals; operating in one of the following NAF codes: 10 to 33, 43 to 47, 49, 50, 55 and 56, 77, 7410Z, 7420Z, 79, 81, 87, 88, 9003A, 9312 and 9313, 95 and 96; with a total headcount of ten or fewer (including manager(s)); having carried out a personalised digital diagnostic or implemented its recommendations; in good standing with their tax and social security obligations.

Not eligible:

businesses that sell exclusively online in the digital sector; financial and real-estate activities; training and consulting organisations; design/engineering firms (bureaux d'études).

Waste prevention and management grant

ID 12459 — Amount / form per the database: Grant, the amount of which will depend on the project.

Purpose

Support local stakeholders in implementing projects related to waste prevention and management within the territory of Province Sud.

Eligible expenses

Waste prevention and management: studies and investments.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Associations; Local authorities; Businesses; Healthcare establishments; Collective and commercial catering establishments; Representatives of professional bodies (federations, unions).

Not eligible:

individuals; any entity in the process of being created (without legal articles of association).

Grant to resume activity following an act of vandalism

ID 11936 — Amount / form per the database: Repayable advance capped at eight million CFP francs, awarded only once per beneficiary. The repayment period is 2 years maximum.

Purpose

Enable the rapid resumption of an activity following ransacking during a burglary or attempted burglary.

Eligible expenses

Financial assistance following an act of vandalism. Operating losses will not be taken into account when calculating the grant.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Any business that has suffered an act of vandalism.

Grant to secure retail premises

ID 12751 — Amount / form per the database: For eligible businesses, the grant amount corresponds to 50% of eligible expenses, capped at 1,000,000 F. For groups of businesses, the grant amount corresponds to 50% of eligible expenses, capped at 2,000,000 F. For non-trading property companies (SCI), the intervention rate cannot exceed 25% of the total cost of eligible expenses, up to a limit of 2,000,000 F.

Purpose

Support businesses in securing their premises. The application deadline is set at 30 September 2026.

Eligible expenses

Expenses related to securing premises.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Businesses with premises used for professional purposes and meeting one of the following two criteria:

either, for commercial activities (APE code 47): the sales floor area must be 350 m² or less; or, for all other activities: the business's total headcount (including managers) must be 10 people or fewer.

Several businesses may join together to file a group application for businesses sharing a common area (excluding shopping arcades). This application must be filed by one business in the group, whether or not it owns the premises.

Ineligible sectors:

primary sector; banking; insurance; mining and metallurgy.

Investment grants for young Caledonian graduates

ID 10416 — Amount / form per the database: Grant covering 80% of the total amount of studies and/or investment, capped at five million (5,000,000) CFP francs.

Purpose

Support businesses whose majority shareholders are young Caledonian graduates.

Eligible expenses

Feasibility study; Equipment for young graduates; Ecological transition investment; Digital transition investment; Primary infrastructure; Intangible investments.

Beneficiaries / conditions

A business or micro-business whose registered office and main activity are located within the geographical territory of Province Sud and whose activity falls within the eligible sectors, whose majority shareholder is a young Caledonian graduate:

under 35 years of age on 1 January of the year in which the grant application is filed; able to show ten years of uninterrupted residence in New Caledonia before starting their higher education; holding a higher education qualification awarded after a course of at least five years of study following the baccalauréat.

SudPro scheme

ID 12596 — Amount / form per the database: Eligible businesses that apply will have a virtual wallet created for them, with credits worth a total of 125,000 CFP francs, used on the fully digital SudPro platform, which allows the purchase of goods and services from other businesses registered on the digital platform.

Purpose

Support licensed traders ("patentés") and micro-businesses weakened by the economic crisis. This scheme can be drawn on from 15 April 2026 and will end on 31 October 2026.

Eligible expenses

Expenses that contribute to the development, modernisation or long-term sustainability of the business:

acquisition of professional equipment and materials; fit-out or improvement works to premises; installation of security or surveillance equipment; certain intangible investments, such as the purchase of software or the creation of a website; expenses that strengthen production capacity or the physical visibility of the business (e.g. signage, vehicle livery).

Not eligible:

accounting, legal or administrative management fees; communication and marketing costs (advertising, social media management, communication materials, etc.); recurring subscriptions and services (annual licences, maintenance, regular services); routine maintenance expenses, in particular for equipment or vehicles.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Businesses:

with their registered office or domiciliation, and their main activity, within the geographical territory of Province Sud; with a workforce of between 0 and 5 employees (not counting the manager(s)); registered with RIDET before 1 January 2026.

Not eligible:

associations; non-trading property companies (SCI); parent companies (holding companies) regardless of their legal form; businesses whose main activity falls within the following sectors: extractive industry, tobacco industry, manufacture of alcoholic beverages; businesses whose manager holds a salaried position in another business for at least 50% of full-time hours.

Fonds Sud Innovation

ID 11068 — Amount / form per the database: Innovative projects in the start-up phase, to turn a concept or project idea into a genuine project: grant, the amount of which will depend on the project; Innovative projects in the development phase: repayable advance, the amount of which will depend on the project.

Purpose

Support businesses in their innovative projects.

Eligible expenses

Innovative projects in the start-up phase, to turn a concept or project idea into a genuine project; Innovative projects in the development phase.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Businesses.

Prêt d'honneur Initiative Nouvelle-Calédonie

ID 5397 — Amount / form per the database: Interest-free, unsecured honour loan, granted on a personal basis. It generally ranges between €5,000 and €30,000, repayable over a period of 3 to 5 years. The honour loan is always paired with a bank loan: for every €1 of Initiative honour loan, an Initiative entrepreneur obtains €9.5 of bank loan on average. The support provided ahead of granting an honour loan allows the entrepreneur to assess the full scope of their financing needs.

Purpose

Make business creation accessible to as many people as possible through suitable financing (the zero-interest honour loan) and free, long-term support. Support from local associations in the Initiative France network secures business projects: 90% of businesses supported get past the 3-year mark (vs. 70% on average).

Eligible expenses

All types of business creation and takeover projects. Additional programmes have been designed specifically for entrepreneurs, young people under 30, or for certain sectors of activity (agriculture, retail, innovation, transfer/takeover, etc.).

Beneficiaries / conditions

Project leaders for business creation or takeover in any sector, regardless of age, background or financial capacity. Excluded sectors of activity: financial intermediation and real-estate services.

Sud Jeunes - Employment grant for young Caledonians

ID 12710 — Amount / form per the database: The grant amount is calculated based on coverage of gross salary plus employer contributions:

one and a half months of coverage for a 12-month fixed-term contract (paid in one instalment); three months of coverage for an open-ended contract (paid in two instalments: half when the order becomes enforceable and the balance on the contract's anniversary date).

For hiring under a single work-study contract (contrat unique d'alternance) of at least one year, the grant consists of covering three months of gross salary (excluding employer contributions). The grant cannot exceed the limit of 2 million CFP francs. The grant is limited to 5 hires per business and cannot be combined with other Province Sud employment support measures and those of the economic support code (CASE).

Purpose

Support the hiring of young Caledonians.

Eligible expenses

Hiring of a young person:

under 30 years of age on 1 January of the year in which the grant application is filed; able to show ten years of uninterrupted residence in New Caledonia before being hired.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Businesses:

whose registered office and main activity are located within the geographical territory of Province Sud; in good standing with their tax and social security obligations.

The following sectors are excluded:

agriculture; livestock farming; forestry; fishing; freshwater and marine aquaculture.

Sud relance

ID 12530 — Amount / form per the database: Loan ranging from 5.966 million CFP francs to 35.79 million CFP francs. Term:

either 5 years with a 1-year grace period on principal repayment; or 7 years with a 2-year grace period on principal repayment.

Guarantee: No guarantee is required on the business's assets or on the manager's personal assets.

Purpose

Durably strengthen the cash position of micro-businesses and SMEs to support their recovery and development, without requiring a guarantee on the business's assets or the manager's personal assets.

Eligible expenses

Increase in working capital requirements (BFR) linked to a development programme; Intangible investments, such as compliance costs (environment, safety), recruitment or prospecting costs.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Micro-businesses and SMEs:

with their registered office and main activity in Province Sud; in existence for more than 3 years; up to date with their tax and social security obligations; undertaking an investment programme or having a cash-flow strengthening need.

Not eligible:

sole proprietorships; self-employed entrepreneurs (autoentrepreneurs); non-trading property companies (SCI); associations or foundations without economic activity and without employees.

Ineligible sectors:

Agricultural activities (NAF A01 and A02); Fishing and aquaculture sector (NAF A03, 4638A); Financial intermediation (NAF K64, except 64-2); Auxiliary financial and insurance activities (NAF 66); Real-estate development and rental (NAF L68-1, L68-2, F41-1).

SudRetour - Recruitment grant

ID 12531 — Amount / form per the database: The grant amount is calculated based on coverage of one month's gross salary plus employer contributions, up to a limit of 2.5 times the SMG (minimum wage). The grant cannot be combined with other Province Sud employment support measures and those of the economic support code (CASE).

Purpose

Facilitate the return of residents who have found a job:

through transport assistance for the person hired and their immediate family; through a recruitment grant for the hiring business.

This scheme can be drawn on until 31 December 2027.

Eligible expenses

Hiring:

of a person benefiting from the SudRetour transport assistance; on an open-ended contract or a fixed-term contract for a minimum period of six (6) months.

Beneficiaries / conditions

Businesses whose registered office and main activity are located within the geographical territory of Province Sud. Businesses in the agriculture, livestock farming, forestry, fishing and freshwater and marine aquaculture sectors are excluded.

Three schemes to watch particularly closely

SudPro — 2026 calendar

The official page states that quote approvals must take place before 28 October 2026 and invoices before 31 October 2026. The scheme may also stop once the budget envelope is used up: check the balance and the platform's status before relying on the credits.

Grant to secure retail premises

The database indicates an application deadline of 30 September 2026, already past as of 13 October 2026. Do not present this scheme as open without official confirmation of an extension or a new round.

Sud Relance and SudRetour

The official 2026 press kit cites these schemes within the recovery strategy. Check the official application page and current criteria before considering a request.

How to prepare an application?

Define the need

Determine whether it is an investment, a digital expense, a recruitment, a cash-flow need, an innovation, or a waste prevention project.

Check the sector and location

Several grants require the registered office and main activity to be located in Province Sud; others impose a sector, a headcount or prior support requirement.

Do not commit expenses too early

Some schemes require investments to post-date the application. Check the specific rule for the grant, the deadlines and the supporting documents.

Contact the relevant department

Use the official application page and contact the economic development department to confirm admissibility, the required documents and the status of the funds.

Frequently asked questions

Are all the grants actually grants?

No. The database also contains repayable advances, loans and purchase credits on a digital platform. You need to check the exact nature of the support.

Is SudPro still usable in October 2026?

The official page shows deadlines for validating quotes of 28 October and invoices of 31 October 2026. The credits and actual access must be checked directly on the platform, as the scheme stops if the budget envelope is used up.

Is the grant to secure retail premises still open?

The deadline recorded in the database is 30 September 2026. As of the date of this page, this deadline should be considered as past, unless officially announced otherwise.

Where can I check the current criteria?

On Province Sud's official application pages and, for CASE, in the associated official guides and regulations.

Sources and limitations

The official sources consulted confirm the CASE framework and the recent information on SudPro. The status and parameters of the other schemes must be checked individually, in particular deadlines, any regulatory changes, eligibility conditions and available budget envelopes.

Official sources

• Official search for economic schemes — Province Sud
• SudPro — official page — Province Sud
• SudPro: 3rd round from 15 April 2026 — Province Sud
• 2026 recovery and reconstruction strategy — Province Sud
• 2025 Business Guide — CASE — Province Sud