Grants for manufacturing and production craftspeople
In brief
A manufacturing or production craftsperson can fund their investment through local and regional grants. If your trade relates to wood, arts and crafts, or metalworking, dedicated pages list grants more precisely targeted at your trade. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this trade, with their funder and maximum amount where known.
This sector covers craftspeople who manufacture or produce a good themselves, as opposed to service- or sales-based crafts.
Most of the grants listed here are local investment grants for crafts and trade, run by groups of municipalities, without a fine-grained distinction by industry.
If your trade relates to wood (sawmilling), arts and crafts, or metalworking, dedicated pages list grants specifically designed for these industries.
The FAFCEA and the OPCO EP fund ongoing training for craft business owners and their employees, in addition to investment grants.
The maximum amount is known for only some of the grants listed here. This page helps you identify relevant funding leads, without replacing an individual check of your eligibility.
Run a personalised scan to identify the public grants and funding your company may be able to access.
What projects are covered?
The grants listed here fund the equipment or real-estate investment of a manufacturing craftsperson, without a precise distinction by industry.
Three industries have dedicated trade pages with more targeted grants: sawmilling and the first processing of wood, arts and crafts, and metalworking.
What amount can be obtained?
The maximum amount is known for only some of the grants listed for this trade.
The amount actually awarded depends on your project, the scheme's rules, and the funder's decision.
How do you identify the funding suited to your business?
The number of schemes listed — most of them very local — makes a manual selection lengthy, and sometimes imprecise.
The Capital OS scan automatically cross-references these criteria with the full set of referenced public grants, to identify the ones that genuinely apply to you:
- Your precise manufacturing industry (wood, arts and crafts, metalworking...)
- Your location
- The nature of your project (investment, training)
Public grants for manufacturing and production craftspeople
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Fonds de soutien à l'économie locale
CC des Portes de Vassivière
Up to €30,000
Fonds Partenarial Economie de Proximité - Dispositif d'Incitation et d'Aide à la Création et à la Reprise d'Entreprise (D.I.A.C.R.E)
CC Touraine Val de Vienne
Up to €5,000
France 2030 : Appel à projets régionalisé 'Projets de modernisation et d’adoption des technologies avancées' - Grand-Est
Bpifrance, Région Grand Est
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
LEADER - Aide à la modernisation des locaux d'activités
Union européenne
Up to €22,500
OPCO EP — Financement de la formation dans l'artisanat et le commerce de proximité
OPCO EP (OPCO Entreprises de Proximité — artisanat, commerce, professions libérales)
Up to €8,000
Opération Collective de Modernisation (OCM) du Commerce, de l'Artisanat et des Services
CC des Pays de l'Aigle, CC des Vallées d’Auge et du Merlerault, CC Terres d'Argentan Interco, Département 61 - Orne, Région Normandie
Up to €15,000
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Opération Collective de Modernisation de l’Artisanat, du Commerce et des Services (OCMACS)
CC Conflent Canigó, CC Roussillon Conflent +, Ministère de l’Economie, des Finances et de la Souveraineté Industrielle, Energétique et Numérique
Opération de Soutien au Commerce et à l'ARtisanat (OSCAR)
CC Coutances Mer et Bocage, Département 50 - Manche, Région Normandie
Up to €7,000
Parcours 'De la matière à la marque - Parcours de valorisation pour innover et se différencier'
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Closes on 1 Apr 2027
Pays de la Loire Commerce-Artisanat
Région Pays de la Loire
Up to €22,500
Prêt d'honneur Lot Initiatives Artisanat Création
Bpifrance, CA du Grand Cahors, Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat du Lot, Département 46 - Lot, Financeurs privés, Région Occitanie
Up to €13,000
Prêt d'honneur Lot Initiatives Artisanat Développement
Bpifrance, CA du Grand Cahors, Chambre de Métiers et de l'Artisanat du Lot, Département 46 - Lot, Financeurs privés, Région Occitanie
Up to €30,000
Prêt participatif filière bois (PP Bois)
Bpifrance
Up to €300,000
Programme LEADER 2023-2027 - Accompagner le développement d'une production et d’une consommation responsables
Union européenne
Up to €50,000
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Programme LEADER 2023-2027 - Action 'Promouvoir un territoire de biens et de savoir-faire commun autour de l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’artisanat'
Union européenne
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Programme LEADER 2023-2027 - Action 'Renforcer le développement touristique et valoriser l’identité locale'
Union européenne
Closes on 31 Dec 2027
Sélection d'une banque pour un prêt décarbonation des artisans
ADEME
Soutien à l'artisanat et au commerce de proximité
CC Champagne Picarde
Up to €4,000
Soutien au commerce et artisanat de proximité dans le cœur de ville et dans les centres bourgs
Mont de Marsan agglo
Up to €5,000
Subvention Prévention TPE - Boulangerie Pâtisserie
CGSS Réunion
Closes in 19 days
Up to €25,000
Human-validated links (AideTagLink, VALIDATED status only — unreviewed proposals are never shown here). Sorted by alphabetical order (then by internal identifier to break ties between the many identical titles). 1 additional grant(s) linked but currently closed, not listed.
Frequently asked questions about grants for manufacturing crafts
What public grants exist for a manufacturing craftsperson?
There are 84 open schemes listed for this trade on Capital OS, overwhelmingly local investment grants with no distinction by industry.
The full list is shown further up this page, with the funder and maximum amount of each grant where known.
Does the FAFCEA fund my business?
The FAFCEA funds ongoing training for self-employed craft business owners and their collaborating spouses, not equipment investment directly.
It complements the investment grants listed here, without replacing them.
Is my business eligible for these grants?
It depends on each scheme: most require a specific location within the relevant territory, and some require a specific industry (wood, arts and crafts, metalworking).
This page does not presume your business's eligibility; a personalized diagnostic checks it against your actual criteria.
How do you apply for this type of grant?
The application is most often made directly with the relevant group of municipalities or Region, or with Bpifrance for national schemes.
A personalized diagnostic first identifies the schemes that are genuinely relevant to your business, before starting the process.
This sector may match yours
Check the grants suited to your company
This page lists the schemes associated with this sector. The personalised report applies your real criteria — industry, size, location, project — before drawing any conclusion on eligibility.
See the opportunities identified by the scan, then access your personalised report.