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01Financing a product or process innovation project
Your company can finance an R&D, prototyping or technology demonstrator project through public grants dedicated to product and process innovation. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
02Financing the energy renovation of your business premises
Your company can finance thermal insulation, replacing its heating system, changing windows and doors, or an energy audit of its premises through public grants for energy renovation. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
03Financing the purchase of business land or premises
Your company can finance the purchase of land, a warehouse or business premises through public grants for business property. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, run very largely by intercommunalités (groupings of municipalities) and Régions.
04Financing your company's digital transformation
Your company can finance the digitalisation of its processes, the development of digital tools, or upskilling in digital fundamentals through public grants dedicated to digital transformation. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
05Financing your fleet of clean vehicles
Your company can finance the purchase of low-emission vehicles — electric, hydrogen or hybrid — or the energy transition of its fleet through public grants dedicated to clean mobility. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
06Financing your circular economy and reuse projects
Your company can finance a reuse project, the use of recycled raw materials, or turning its waste into a resource through public grants dedicated to the circular economy. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
07Financing the renovation of a shop front or commercial premises
Your company can finance the renovation of a shop front, a commercial façade, or the fitting-out of business premises through local public grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
08Financing the refurbishment or renovation of a business building
Your company can finance major refurbishment works, the conversion of a brownfield industrial site, or the renovation of an existing building through local public grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
09Financing the renovation of a commercial building
Your company can finance the renovation or energy modernisation of a commercial building through local grants and CEE (Certificats d'Économies d'Énergie — Energy Savings Certificate) premiums. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
10Financing the renovation of a shop window or point of sale
Your company can finance the renovation of a shop window or point of sale through public grants dedicated to local shops and, for certain sectors, specialised organisations. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
11Financing a water management or water-saving project
Your company can finance water management, water-saving or water-recovery actions — reducing water abstraction, treating industrial wastewater, reusing non-conventional water, or managing rainwater — through grants from the water agencies (agences de l'eau) and local authorities. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
12Financing a boiler plant or a renewable heat network
Your company can finance the installation of a biomass boiler plant or the creation of a heating or cooling network powered by renewable energy through regional, European and ADEME grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
13Financing a geothermal project
Your company can finance a feasibility study or the installation of geothermal heating or cooling through ADEME's Fonds Chaleur schemes and regional grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder where available.
14Financing an ecological or sustainable transition project
Your company can finance a project related to the ecological transition or sustainable development — mobility, food, tourism or the circular economy — through territorial European programmes and regional grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
15Financing a circular economy project
Your company can finance a circular economy project — recycling, waste prevention and recovery, eco-design or the ecological transition more broadly — through regional grants, ADEME and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
16Financing a packaging reuse project
Your company can finance a packaging reuse project, under the French anti-waste law for a circular economy (AGEC), through grants from ADEME, the Régions and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
17Financing a biomass project
Your company can finance a biomass production, processing or recovery project — biomass boiler plants, primary wood processing or renewable energy — through regional, European, ADEME and Bpifrance grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
18Financing an anaerobic digestion project
Your company can finance a feasibility study or investment in an anaerobic digestion plant through grants from ADEME, the Régions and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
19Financing accelerator support
An accelerator is an intensive support programme, most often run by Bpifrance or a government ministry, combining group and one-to-one coaching over several months. The accelerators listed here cover very different objectives depending on the programme: structuring and growth, international expansion, business transfer, decarbonisation, a specific sector, or, for a minority, innovation. This page lists the schemes currently validated, with their funder where available.
20Financing the company's digital transformation
Your company can finance its digital transformation — digitalising tools, investing in the digital sector, creating interactive content — through regional and intercommunalité grants, the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
21Financing an R&D project or a prototype
Your company can finance a project at R&D, experimental development or prototyping stage through the Crédit d'Impôt Recherche (CIR — Research Tax Credit), the Crédit d'Impôt Innovation (CII — Innovation Tax Credit), Jeune Entreprise Innovante (JEI) status, and collaborative research project funding. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
22Financing a video game project
A video game studio or project can be financed through regional prototyping or production grants, the CNC's Fonds d'Aide au Jeu Vidéo (Video Game Support Fund), or the tax credit for video game creators. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
23Financing an animated work
An animation production company can finance the preparation, development or production of an animated film or series through the Centre National du Cinéma's (CNC) selective and automatic grants, or regional grants (Grand Est, Région Sud). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
24Financing the company's cybersecurity
A company can finance a cybersecurity assessment or the implementation of measures to protect against cyberattacks through grants from Bpifrance (France 2030), several Régions and Chambers of Commerce (CCI). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
25Financing an artificial intelligence project
A company can finance an assessment of its AI potential, a proof of concept, or the integration of artificial intelligence solutions through grants from Bpifrance (including France 2030), several Régions and Chambers of Commerce (CCI). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
26Financing seed funding or project feasibility
A company at seed stage can finance its launch through grants/bursaries (French Tech), honour loans (prêts d'honneur — interest-free personal loans to the company's director), equity investments, repayable advances or Bpifrance assessments. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
27Financing a micro-business (TPE)
A micro-business (TPE) can finance its growth, equipment investments, workplace risk prevention, or digital transformation through local and regional grants, and grants from the Cnam or the CARSAT (regional health insurance and workplace risk bodies). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
28Financing company growth
A company in a growth phase can finance its investments, international expansion or business transfer through Bpifrance's Prêt Croissance (Growth Loan, including the Prêt Croissance International), Jeune Entreprise de Croissance (JEC) status, or numerous local and regional investment grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
29Financing a business investment
A company investing in equipment, premises or the modernisation of its production tools can draw on local, regional or sector-specific grants (tourism, food industry, fishing, manufacturing). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
30Financing an SME
An SME (up to 250 employees) can finance its growth, investments, cybersecurity or exports through local and regional grants, Bpifrance guarantees, regional accelerators or tax relief. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
31Financing a company through equity or capital
A company can strengthen its equity through capital investments from regional co-investment funds, solidarity venture capital networks (CIGALES, France Active Investissement), or schemes dedicated to cooperatives (SCOP, SCIC). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
32Financing a large company
A large company can finance its growth, a property project or a research and development project through local and regional grants explicitly open to it, on the same basis as SMEs. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
33Financing the setting-up of a business
A shopkeeper, craftsperson or young farmer setting up for the first time can finance their installation through local grants targeting town and village centres, or the Dotation Jeunes Agriculteurs (DJA — Young Farmers' Grant) for a first farming installation. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
34Financing an independent hotel
An independent hotel can finance its creation, takeover or investments through Bpifrance's Prêt Hôtellerie (Hotel Loan) or regional and intercommunalité grants dedicated to independent hotels. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
35Financing a campsite or outdoor accommodation business
A campsite or outdoor accommodation business can finance its creation or investment through dedicated regional and intercommunalité grants, particularly in coastal areas. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
36Financing a guest room business (chambre d'hôtes)
A guest room (chambre d'hôtes) project owner can finance its creation or investments through dedicated intercommunalité and département grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
37Financing a gîte or furnished holiday let
A gîte or furnished holiday let project owner can finance its creation or investments through regional and intercommunalité grants, some of which are dedicated to mountain-area gîtes d'étape (hikers' lodges). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
38Financing a craft, food or wine tourism project
A company can finance opening its know-how to visitors, a wine tourism project, or a food-tourism activity through regional grants and a national scheme run by the DGE (Directorate General for Enterprise). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
39Financing a documentary film or series
A production company can finance the preparation or production of a documentary through the Centre National du Cinéma's (CNC) selective and automatic grants, or regional grants (Grand Est, Région Sud, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Hauts-de-France). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
40Financing film distribution or cinema operation
A film distributor or cinema operator can finance the release of a film in cinemas, on video on demand or internationally through automatic and selective grants from the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), or a guarantee from the IFCIC. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
41Financing tourist accommodation
Tourist accommodation can finance its creation, renovation or modernisation through regional, inter-municipal and European grants. If your project is a hotel, a campsite, a guest house or a gîte, dedicated pages exist for those specific formats. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
42Financing a tourism project
A tourism business can finance its equipment, an attractiveness or innovation project through regional, inter-municipal and European grants, or Bpifrance's investment fund dedicated to tourism. If your project showcases craftsmanship, wine or gastronomy, a dedicated page exists. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
43Financing a film or audiovisual production
A production company can finance a fiction film or audiovisual work through selective and automatic grants from the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), regional subsidies or the film and audiovisual tax credits. If your project is a documentary, an animated work, a video game, or relates to distribution and cinema operation, dedicated pages exist. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
44Financing a local shop
A local shop or craft business can finance its creation, setup, modernisation or transfer through grants run by hundreds of inter-municipal bodies, Regions and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
45Financing an agricultural or agri-food project
A farm or an agri-food business can finance its investment, processing activity or the development of short supply chains through FEADER grants, FranceAgriMer, Bpifrance and European LEADER programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
46Financing a live performance project
A live performance organisation can finance the production, distribution or international development of an artistic project through grants from the Centre National de la Musique (CNM) and the Centre National du Cinéma (CNC), or tax credits dedicated to theatre and circus. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
47Financing a restaurant or a food trade business
A restaurant or food trade business can finance its creation, the fitting-out of its terrace, its CSR approach or occupational risk prevention through local grants and the "Prévention TPE" subsidies run by the CARSAT regional health insurance bodies. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
48Financing a health or occupational risk prevention project
A business can finance occupational risk prevention for its employees through the "Prévention TPE" subsidies from the Cnam and the CARSAT bodies, or a public health project through grants from Bpifrance, the ANACT and European programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
49Financing vocational training
A business can finance vocational training for its employees or its director through funding from the Opérateurs de Compétences (OPCO), each specific to a professional sector, or the Compte Personnel de Formation (personal training account). This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
50Financing an export project or a V.I.E placement
A business can finance its commercial prospecting abroad, a Volontariat International en Entreprise (V.I.E — international corporate volunteering placement) or its international development through grants from Bpifrance, Business France, Regions and the Team France Export network. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
51Financing employment or inclusion for people with disabilities
A business can finance the recruitment, workstation adaptation or premises accessibility for a person with a disability through grants from AGEFIPH, or finance a broader inclusion project through regional and inter-municipal grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
52Financing a recruitment
A business can finance the recruitment of an employee, a manager or a hard-to-fill role through local and regional grants, run by inter-municipal bodies, metropolitan authorities and Regions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
53Financing a business property project
A business can finance the purchase, construction or renovation of its premises through grants run by hundreds of inter-municipal bodies, Departments and Regions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
54Financing a business takeover
A buyer can finance the acquisition of an existing business through honour loans (prêts d'honneur), local start-up/takeover grants, an accelerator dedicated to business transfer, or schemes specific to taking over a distressed business. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
55Financing an energy feasibility study
A business can finance a feasibility study ahead of a renewable heat, waste heat recovery or industrial decarbonisation project through grants from the ADEME and several Regions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
56Financing a hydrogen project
A business can finance a renewable hydrogen production, distribution or use project, including rolling out a hydrogen vehicle fleet, through grants from the ADEME, Regions and the Ministry for Ecological Transition. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
57Financing an alternative fuel project
A transport or logistics business can finance the decarbonisation of its vehicles or vessels, or benefit from fuel tax exemptions, through grants from the ADEME, Bpifrance and overseas Regions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
58Financing an energy audit
An industrial business or the owner of a collective solar thermal installation can finance an energy audit or diagnostic through grants from the ADEME and the Région Sud. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
59Financing a photovoltaic or solar project
A business can finance a photovoltaic project, individual or collective self-consumption, or an innovative solar project through regional grants (Grand Est, Normandy, Région Sud, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Réunion) and the green industry tax credit. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
60Financing waste heat recovery
An industrial business can finance the feasibility study or installation works for a waste heat recovery system through grants from the ADEME and Regions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
61Financing industrialisation or capacity scale-up
A business can finance the industrialisation of an innovative product or the scale-up of its production capacity through Bpifrance loans and repayable advances, regional reindustrialisation funds or local grants for productive investment. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
62Financing industrial reshoring
A business can finance an industrial reshoring project in France through regional grants (the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes "Pack relocalisation"), sector-specific funding (textiles, strategic supply chains) and national reindustrialisation funds. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
63Financing a demonstrator or industrial pilot
A business can finance a technology demonstrator or a pilot facility, the intermediate step between a prototype and full-scale production, through equity funds, Bpifrance loans, the ADEME and the research and innovation tax credits. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
64Financing a prototype
A business can finance the development of a working prototype through regional subsidies, Bpifrance innovation funds, a bank guarantee dedicated to innovation or the innovation tax credit. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
65Financing a transport or professional mobility project
A business can finance the purchase of clean vehicles, the decarbonisation of its fleet, freight or employee mobility through grants from the ADEME, local authorities, Regions and tax exemptions dedicated to transport. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
66Financing the company's cash flow
A business can strengthen its cash flow through loans and repayable advances from Bpifrance and Regions, bank guarantees (SIAGI, Bpifrance) or local honour loans. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
67Financing communication, marketing or promotion
A business or a cultural organisation can finance its promotion, an event, participation in a trade fair or the promotion of its works through regional and inter-municipal grants, and grants from the Centre National du Livre, the CNC or the CNM. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
68Financing a rural or town-centre revitalisation project
A shop or business setting up in a rural area can benefit from France Ruralité Revitalisation tax exemptions, or finance its project through regional grants supporting rural shops and European LEADER programmes. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
69Financing a project in a priority urban neighbourhood (QPV)
A business created or based in a priority urban neighbourhood (QPV) can benefit from dedicated tax exemptions, or finance its project through specific loans from the ADIE and Bpifrance, or local impact funds. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
70Financing a business recovery or rebound
A business can finance its recovery or rebound through Bpifrance loans (Prêt Croissance Relance, Prêt Rebond), France Active or SIAGI guarantees, or dedicated regional funds. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
71Financing a defence project
A business can finance a defence or dual-use innovation project through schemes from the Agence Innovation Défense (AID), a dedicated Bpifrance loan, a sector accelerator, or tax exemptions in a defence restructuring zone. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
72Financing a gender equality or inclusion project
A business can finance a contract for gender diversity in jobs, a female entrepreneur can benefit from a dedicated loan guarantee, and a cultural organisation can finance an equality and inclusion project through grants from the Ministry of Labour, France Active and the Centre national de la musique. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
73Financing an investment through leasing
A business can finance a property or equipment investment through leasing (crédit-bail), a solution that avoids tying up cash flow, through dedicated Bpifrance products and complementary local and regional grants. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
74Financing brownfield redevelopment
A business can finance the acquisition, decontamination or redevelopment of an industrial brownfield site through grants from the ADEME, Departments and water agencies. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
75Financing a metalworking project
A metalworking or mechanical engineering business can finance occupational risk prevention (welding fume extraction, metalworking risks) or an innovative project through the Cnam, the CARSAT Rhône-Alpes, Grenoble-Alpes Métropole and Bpifrance. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
76Financing heritage restoration or conservation
An owner can finance the restoration of a listed or registered historic monument through DRAC subsidies, or the conservation of an unprotected private building through the Fondation du Patrimoine's label and public subscription scheme. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
77Financing a tobacconist's shop
A tobacconist can finance the security of their shop, its conversion into a multi-service shop, or benefit from exceptional or flat-rate support through national schemes run by the Ministry of the Economy. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
78Financing the creation of a business
A business founder can finance their project through the national network of honour loans (Initiative France, Réseau Entreprendre), Bpifrance bank guarantees, local start-up grants and zone tax exemptions. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount when known.
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