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Starting a business through a change of ownership

Buying a company can be a viable option for starting a business. By buying, you can get started much faster, and many steps related to the initial phase have already been done. However, buying requires expertise and with this support we can offer it. However, the condition is that you are planning to buy a company in a core or sparsely populated rural area.

Support for a buyer planning to buy a company

The amount of the support is €2,500 or €5,000

The applicant does not yet have a business ID.
Expert services are supported: for example, determining the value of the company to be purchased, participating in acquisition negotiations, financial planning.
A maximum of €5,000 can be granted to the same applicant, meaning you can apply for support of €2,500 twice or €5,000 once.
The location of the company planned to be purchased must be known when applying and it must be located in a sparsely populated rural area or a rural core area.

Who can apply?

Start-up and operating companies
Farm-connected and agricultural primary processors
Part-time and full-time entrepreneurs

Applying for support

Business subsidies are applied for electronically In the Hyrrä system.
Get to know to the selection criteria before making the application
To apply, you need a project plan, i.e. what activities you plan to do, what they will cost, and how you will demonstrate what the money has achieved during the payment phase.

Applying for payment

Support for change of ownership is a standard lump sum. It is applied for payment by showing that the planned actions have been carried out. This can be done, for example, with reports and plans created as output. More information on applying for payment can be found at From the website of the Food Agency.

Check out the materials for the National Ownership Change Week.

The advice is intended for entrepreneurs who are planning to buy, sell or change the generation of a company, and for people who are planning to start a business, and it is free of charge for the customer.