Grants for non-food retail trade
In brief
A non-food retail business can fund its investment or modernization through local and intermunicipal grants. If you run a bookshop or a record shop, dedicated pages list grants more precisely targeted at these activities. This page lists the other schemes currently validated for this trade, with their funder and maximum amount where known.
This sector covers retail businesses outside the food sector.
If you run a bookshop or a record shop, dedicated trade pages list grants specifically designed for these activities (Centre National du Livre, Centre national de la musique).
Other non-food retail businesses draw on generic local investment and modernization grants, common to all local trade and crafts.
The maximum amount is known for only some of the grants listed. 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 creation, modernization, or fit-out of a non-food retail business, without targeting a specific activity.
What amount can be obtained?
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 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 activity
- Your precise location
- The nature of your project
Public grants for non-food retail trade
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Aide à la création et à la revitalisation des Petits Commerces et des Restaurants (APCR)
Polynésie Française - Direction générale des affaires économiques (DGAE)
Up to €5,000,000
Aide au développement des petites entreprises du commerce, de l’artisanat avec point de vente
Hautes Terres Communauté, Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Up to €200,000
Aide aux librairies indépendantes
Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Up to €200,000
Aide à l’investissement aux librairies françaises
Centre National du Livre (CNL)
Up to €100,000
Closes on 31 Jul 2027
Aide aux commerces, à l'artisanat et aux services de proximité
Département 14 - Calvados
Up to €50,000
Aide aux disquaires indépendants
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €50,000
Aide aux projets des groupements de la chaine du livre
Région Ile-de-France
Up to €50,000
Aide régionale aux librairies indépendantes
Région Ile-de-France
Up to €50,000
Aide à la création ou à la reprise d’activité de disquaires indépendants
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €50,000
Aide aux librairies indépendantes
Région Bretagne
Up to €30,000
Closes on 31 Dec 2028
Aides aux librairies indépendantes
Région Grand Est
Up to €30,000
Accompagnement des commerces en ruralité pour la revitalisation des bourgs (ACCOR)
CC De l’Aire à l’Argonne, Région Grand Est
Up to €20,000
Action Collective de Proximité à l’artisanat et au commerce de proximité
CC du Mellois en Poitou, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Up to €15,000
Closes on 31 Dec 2026
Aide aux petites entreprises du commerce, de l’artisanat et des services de proximité
CC Saint-Pourçain Sioule Limagne
Up to €10,000
Fonds d'Aide à l'investissement Commercial Privé - Renforcement commercial des centres-bourgs
CC Terres de Bresse
Up to €10,000
Fonds communautaire de soutien aux commerces et services de proximité
CA Saint-Dié-des- Vosges
Up to €7,500
Aide au commerce et à l'artisanat de proximité
CC Les Avant-Monts
Up to €5,000
Aide au développement des petites entreprises du commerce et de l’artisanat
CC du Pilat Rhôdanien
Up to €5,000
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
Soutien à l'artisanat et au commerce de proximité
CC Champagne Picarde
Up to €4,000
Human-validated links (AideTagLink, VALIDATED status only — unreviewed proposals are never shown here). Sorted by amount, highest first (then by internal identifier to break ties between the many identical titles).
Frequently asked questions about grants for retail trade
What public grants exist for a non-food retail business?
There are 27 open schemes listed for this trade on Capital OS, overwhelmingly generic local grants.
The full list is shown further up this page, with the funder and maximum amount of each grant where known.
I run a bookshop or a record shop: where can I find the right grants?
Dedicated pages list grants from the Centre National du Livre and the Regions for bookshops, and from the Centre national de la musique for record shops.
This page lists the other non-food retail businesses.
Is my business eligible for these grants?
It depends on each scheme: most require a specific location within the relevant territory.
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.
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.