Startup support
Start-up support makes it easier to start a business and encourages you as a new entrepreneur in the early stages of your business. Support is available for starting both full-time and part-time businesses.
There are three different options for start-up grants: entrepreneurship experiment €2,500 (no business ID), starting a part-time business €5,000, and starting a full-time business €7,500. Read more below.
Who can apply?
- Start-up companies
- Farm-connected and agricultural primary processors
- Part-time and full-time entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurship trial (no social security number)
The amount of the support is €2,500 and it is granted for a maximum of four months.
You can find out for example
- am I an entrepreneur?
- are my knowledge and skills sufficient?
- is there a demand and market for my services or products?
- does the planned way of selling work in practice?
- is the planned production method functional?
- for the acquisition of professional services related to the business experiment, space and equipment rent, training, trips, materials and supplies (no small purchases)
- not suitable for an experiment started with the farm's y-code
- a plan of what is going to be done and what it will cost is needed as an attachment
- no business plan is required
A variety of help is available for a starting entrepreneur. When you are planning entrepreneurship, contact your municipality's business center or Uusyrityskeskus:
Starting a part-time business
The amount of support is €5,000. The goal is to become permanently employed as a part-time entrepreneur.
- for expert services, space and equipment rentals, training, trips, materials and supplies
- for small purchases (purchases costing less than €1,200/piece)
- for rent
- for experiments
- when applying for support, the company must have a social security number
- a start-up company is a company that has not yet completed its first accounting period
- the support is intended for those setting up their first company. Previous small-scale entrepreneurship is not an obstacle to support
- start-up support for both part-time and full-time companies for the same entity is not possible
Part-time: 10-35 working hours per week or business activity with seasonal credits for a maximum of 6 months/year. Tthe goal is a turnover of more than 10,000 euros per year.
Examples of part-time entrepreneurship:
- part-year business activity
- student company
- part-time salaried employee
- seasonal resident (company registered in rural areas)
- member of a farming family (as own company)
The following must be attached to the application:
- business plan and profitability calculation
- a project plan that describes what is going to be done, what it will cost, and what the outputs are, showing what has been achieved with the money.
A variety of help is available for a starting entrepreneur. When you are planning entrepreneurship, contact your municipality's business center or Uusyrityskeskus:
Starting a full-time business activity
The amount of support is €7,500. The goal is to obtain a main income from business activities, an annual turnover of at least 15,000 euros.
- for expert services, space and equipment rentals, training, trips, materials and supplies
- for small purchases (purchases costing less than €1,200/piece)
- for rent
- for experiments
- The y-ID must be present when applying for support
- a start-up company is a company that has not yet completed its first accounting period
- the support is intended for those setting up their first company
- previous small-scale entrepreneurship is not an obstacle to support
- start-up money is possible at the same time as start-up support. Please note, however, that the application for start-up money must be made before the company has a social security number
- start-up support for both part-time and full-time companies for the same entity is not possible
The following must be attached to the application:
- business plan and profitability calculation
- a project plan that describes what is going to be done and what it will cost
A variety of help is available for a starting entrepreneur. When you are planning entrepreneurship, contact your municipality's livelihood agency or Uusyrityskeskus:
Applying for support
- Business subsidies are applied for electronically In the Hyrrä system.
- Get to know to the selection criteria before making the application
Help with planning?
Liiveri also grants support for business activities for planning, where you can get expert help, for example, in considering a business idea and making a business plan. There are two options for planning: pdesign package €1,000 (no business ID) and yearpreparation package €2,000.
Applying for payment
All start-up subsidies are standardized lump sums. They are requested for payment by showing that the planned actions have been carried out. This can happen, for example, with reports, photos and resulting plans.
If you have received a positive business support decision, you will find instructions on how to prepare a payment application. From the website of the Food Agency.
Do you have any questions?
business support?
Get in touch with Sinika!
Sinikka Koivumäki
Executive Director
040 513 1824
