Echizen City provides subsidies for necessary expenses related to startups, new product development, sales channel expansion, and other initiatives by local small-scale businesses. Applicants must have their project plan reviewed in advance by a hands-on support organization.
| Location | Echizen City, Fukui |
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| Opening Status | Open for Applications |
| Application Period | Sep 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026 |
| Max Subsidy Amount | ¥400,000 |
| Subsidy Rate | Startup and Business Succession Category: 2/3; Productivity Improvement Category: 1/2; the maximum amount varies by category |
| Purpose | Entrepreneurship, business startups, and ventures / business succession / capital investment / productivity improvement and operational efficiency / digitalization |
| Eligible Expenses | Exhibition and stall fees / advertising costs / production and development costs / travel expenses / machinery and equipment expenses / miscellaneous service expenses / document purchase costs / commissioned service costs / outsourcing costs / rental fees / software purchase costs |
| Eligible Applicants | Sole proprietors / small-scale business operators |
| Implementing Agency | Echizen City |
| Official Page | https://www.city.echizen.lg.jp/office/060/010/shougyoushienn/mirasapo_hozyokinn.html |
Subsidies are provided for the necessary expenses incurred in starting a business, developing new products, developing sales channels, and other activities based on a subsidy project plan prepared by small-scale businesses in the city with support from a hands-on support organization.
※Please have the project plan reviewed by a hands-on support organization in advance.