Subsidies and schemes

Agricultural innovation subsidy scheme (Noord-Brabant)

Subsidy or grant

Do you have an agricultural enterprise in Noord-Brabant and do you want to innovate? Or does your company perform research or education in the agricultural sector? You can apply for a subsidy under...

Business loan guarantee scheme (GO)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

The Business loan guarantee scheme (Garantie Ondernemingsfinanciering, GO) makes it easier for large and medium-sized companies in the Netherlands to borrow substantial amounts of money. Capital...

Childcare benefit for entrepreneurs

Benefit

Childcare benefit contributes to the cost of childcare. As an entrepreneur you are also entitled to this benefit. What are the conditions for childcare benefit? You can apply for childcare benefit as...

Coaching by Entrepreneurs Sounding Board

Cooperation programme

Do you have an SME and can you use support or advice? You can apply for professional coaching with the Entrepreneurs Sounding Board Foundation (Stichting Ondernemersklankbord, OKB). During a 6-months...

Compensation for eHerkenning costs

Subsidy or grant

Do you need eHerkenning to file your tax returns via the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration (Belastingdienst) through Mijn Belastingdienst Zakelijk? And did you buy the Belastingdienst EH3-login...

Culture Capital Loan

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you an entrepreneur in the cultural sector and did your organisation suffer losses as a result of the corona pandemic or another crisis? You can apply for a Culture Capital Loan (Cultuur Vermogen...

Digital Europe Programme

Subsidy or grant

Do you develop digital technologies? Do you want to market digital technologies? Or do you want to make use of digitisation more often in your business? You may be eligible for support through the...

Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

If you run a small or medium enterprise (SME) and need access to investment capital, you may apply for the Dutch Venture Initiative (DVI). This is a collaboration of the European Investment Fund and...

Energy Investment Allowance (EIA)

Tax benefit

Do you have a company in the Netherlands and do you invest measures to reduce CO2 emissions such as heat infrastructure, in energy-efficient technologies or assets? You may be eligible for the Energy...

Entrepreneur allowance

Tax benefit

Business owners in the Netherlands may be eligible for the entrepreneur allowance (ondernemersaftrek, in Dutch). The entrepreneur allowance is an amount you deduct from your profit, so you pay less...

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs

Cooperation programme

As a young entrepreneur, either experienced or just starting, you may be eligible for the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme. The Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs programme helps starting...

EU Health Programme EU4Health

Subsidy or grant

Does your organisation work to strengthen and innovate healthcare in the Netherlands or the European Union? You can apply for subsidy from the EU health programme EU4Health. This programme aims to...

Financial support for self-employed professionals (Bbz)

Benefit

Are you a freelancer or self-employed professional in the Netherlands and in need of financial support? For instance because you want to start a business while you are on benefits? Your municipality...

Growth Facility Scheme

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Do you have an SME in the Netherlands? And do you need financing, for instance to expand your business, for a takeover, to reorganise or restructure? You may be eligible for the Growth Facility Scheme...

Loan for cultural enterprises (Cultuurlening)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you a professional artist or do you own a cultural enterprise or organisation in the creative sector? And do you want to invest in your professional future? You can apply for the Cultuurlening...

Microcredit

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you a starting or existing business owner in the Netherlands and do you need credit to start or grow your company? You may be eligible for a Microcredit (Microkrediet, in Dutch) from Qredits. This...

Nesec Shipping Debt Fund loan

Credit, loan, or guarantee

If you are a shipowner and you want to buy or modify a short sea vessel, you can apply for a Nesec Shipping Debt Fund (NSDF) loan. You can apply for a loan of at least €3,000,000 to at most...

Private business ownership allowance

Tax benefit

As an entrepreneur in the Netherlands, you may be eligible for the private business ownership allowance (zelfstandigenaftrek). If so, you pay less tax because you can deduct a fixed amount from your...

Remission of municipal and water authority taxes

Tax benefit

Are you as an entrepreneur not able to pay your municipal or Regional Water Authority taxes? You may be eligible for a full or partial remission. The municipality is not obliged to grant remission....

Repaying Corona bridging credit

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Credit provider Qredits helps entrepreneurs that have been hit by the corona crisis. Qredits offers a bridging credit for existing entrepreneurs as well as entrepreneurs who started their business in...

Repaying Corona relaunch credit for SMEs (TOA krediet)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Credit provider Qredits helped entrepreneurs hit by the corona crisis with a restructuring credit. Entrepreneurs could use this TOA credit (Time Out Arrangement, TOA krediet) to relaunch their...

Repaying the Business loan guarantee corona (GO-C)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Did you take out a loan via the Business loan guarantee scheme for corona (GO-C)? Then you must repay the amount you borrowed. The GO-C was available for companies that had difficulties getting a bank...

Repaying the Corona bridging loan (COL)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Did you take out a Corona bridging loan (COL) with a regional development agency (Regionale Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij, ROM)? You will have to repay this loan. The Corona bridging loan (COL) is meant...

Repaying the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Agriculture corona (BL-C)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you using the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Agriculture corona (BL-C)? Then you must repay the money you received. The BL-C is an extension of the Credit Guarantee Scheme for Agriculture (BL) for...

Repaying the Reimbursement Fixed Costs (TVL)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Did you receive Reimbursement Fixed Costs (TVL)? And did your turnover exceed your expectations? You may have received more than you were entitled to. If you did receive too much TVL, you will need to...

Repaying the Small credits guarantee for SMEs (KKC)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Did you take out a loan via the small credits guarantee for SMEs (Kleine Kredieten Corona garantieregeling, KKC)? You will have to repay this loan. Do you have to repay? The small credits guarantee is...

Repaying the SME credit guarantee corona (BMKB-C)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Do you use the extended SME credit guarantee scheme for corona (BMKB-C)? Then you must repay the amount you borrowed. Under the BMKB-C, entrepreneurs could borrow money faster and easier during the...

Repaying the temporary emergency bridging measure NOW

Benefit

Did you make use of the Temporary emergency bridging measure for sustained employment (Tijdelijke Noodmaatregel Overbrugging voor Werkbehoud, NOW)? And did your turnover exceed expectations? Or has...

Repaying the Temporary support for essential costs (TONK)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Do you make use of the tax free Temporary support for essential costs (TONK)? If this benefit was offered to you as a loan, you must repay it. The TONK measure helps you pay for housing costs during...

Repaying the TOGS (Reimbursement for entrepreneurs in affected sectors)

Benefit

Did you receive support through the TOGS measure? You will only have to repay this if you were not eligible for this tax free reimbursement and the support was wrongfully granted. The TOGS...

Repaying the Tozo (Temporary bridging measure for self-employed professionals)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Did you apply for (and receive) the Tozo loan for business capital? You have to repay this. Did you receive the Tozo income support? You will only have to repay if you received more than you were...

Small businesses scheme (KOR)

Tax benefit

Do you run a small business in the Netherlands with a turnover of no more than €20,000 per year? You can choose to take part in the small businesses scheme (kleineondernemersregeling, KOR). If you...

Small projects investment credit (KIA)

Tax benefit

Business owners in the Netherlands who invest in business assets, are eligible to claim the small projects investment credit (kleinschaligheidsinvesteringsaftrek, KIA, in Dutch). That means they are...

SME credit guarantee scheme (BMKB)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

If you have a business in the Netherlands and employ no more than 250 workers (you have an SME), you may be eligible for a guarantee for part of a loan through the SME credit guarantee scheme (BMKB)....

SME loan

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Are you a starting or existing SME business owner (including the self-employed)? Or do you want to take over a company? If you need a business loan, you can apply for an SME loan of up to €250,000....

SME profit exemption

Tax benefit

What is the SME profit exemption? The SME profit exemption (mkb-winstvrijstelling) is a tax deduction to your profit. It reduces the amount of your taxable profit. Because of this you will have to pay...

Subsidy for cyber resilient businesses (MCZ)

Subsidy or grant

Do you want to increase your company's digital security (cyber resilience)? Do you have a small business or are you self-employed? You can apply for the My Cyber Resilient Business (Mijn Cyberweerbare...

Subsidy scheme for zero emission commercial vehicles (SEBA)

Subsidy or grant

If you buy a new zero-emission (electric) commercial vehicle, you may be eligible for a subsidy of at most €5,000 (per vehicle). You can apply for the Subsidy scheme for zero emission commercial...

Subsidy Scheme Sectoral Partnerships

Subsidy or grant

Are you a company in the Netherlands interested in focussing more on international Responsible Business Conduct (RBC)? If so, the Sectoral Partnerships subsidy scheme helps you identify and address...

Subsidy Single Market Programme (SMP)

Subsidy or grant

The Single Market Programme is aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). One of the goals of the programme is to stimulate SMEs’ competitiveness. The Single Market Programme (SMP) is an EU...

Unemployment benefit (WW) for inclement weather

Benefit

Do you run a business in the Netherlands and does inclement weather prevent your employees from working? You can apply for a temporary unemployment benefit (in Dutch) for them. This is possible during...

Unemployment benefit during short-time working

Benefit

If you run a business in the Netherlands and you have not enough work for your staff due to exceptional circumstances you can apply for a short-time working (werktijdverkorting, WTV) permit. This...

Working partner's abatement

Tax benefit

Do you run a business in the Netherlands, and does your fiscal partner perform work for your business? You may be eligible for working partner's abatement (meewerkaftrek, in Dutch). If you use this...

Common agricultural policy subsidy programme (GLB)

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Are you a farmer in the Netherlands? Do you grow durable, nutritious, safe and affordable food? You may supplement your income with subsidies from the common agricultural policy (Gemeenschappelijk...

Conversion to circular plastic production subsidy

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Does your company make plastic products or semi-finished products out of polymers? And do you want to increase the amount of circular plastics or bio-based polymers in your production process? Then...

Corona relaunch credit for SMEs (TOA credit)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Attention: closed

Do you own an SME which is in trouble because of the corona crisis? And is it hard for you to secure a loan? You may be eligible for a Corona relaunch credit for SMEs, TOA credit...

Cybersecurity Innovation Fund (CIF-NL)

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Do you have a business or research organisation and do you want to develop a plan for innovation on a cybersecurity project? You may be eligible for the Cybersecurity Innovation Fund (CIF-NL). When...

Proof-of-concept funding (VFF)

Credit, loan, or guarantee

Attention: temporarily closed

Do you own or operate an established SME, innovative startup or an academic, hbo or TO2 startup in the Netherlands? You can apply for Proof-of-concept funding. This loan will enable you to develop...

Reimbursement for damages due to disasters

Benefit

Attention: closed

Does your company suffer damages as a result of a disaster? You may be eligible for support under the Reimbursement for damages due to disasters Act (Wet tegemoetkoming schade bij rampen, Wts, in...

Retirement reserve

Tax benefit

Attention: closed

You can no longer build up a fiscal retirement reserve (fiscale oudedagsreserve, FOR). The government has terminated the retirement reserve to prevent entrepreneurs from using the retirement reserve...

Subsidy strengthening cyber resilience

Subsidy or grant

Attention: temporarily closed

Does your company work in a non-vital sector (you do not offer products or services that are of vital importance to the Dutch society)? Do you want to increase your company’s cyber resilience? If you...