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Support for companies
Open calls for companies: investment, innovation, digitalisation, energy, hiring qualified staff, guaranteed credit lines and tax incentives.
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Open calls for companies: investment, innovation, digitalisation, energy, hiring qualified staff, guaranteed credit lines and tax incentives.
31 open calls
If you live or work on Santa Maria or São Miguel (Azores), you can get up to 100% as a grant for sea-related training projects, cultural activities and promoting local products. Individuals, companies and associations can apply.
If you own a business or are a sole trader in the Azores, including in retail or catering, you can receive non-refundable support of up to 65% to invest in your business. You must fund at least 20% of the investment with equity and can also receive an extra bonus based on your results. You can apply until November 30, 2026.
If you have a business or cooperative in the Azores, you can get a grant you do not have to pay back to make investments that help sell goods and services outside the region. The support covers up to 70% of costs for micro and small businesses, 60% for medium businesses, and 50% for large ones, provided you cover at least 25% with own funds. You can apply until November 30, 2026.
If you have a micro or small business with premises in the Cávado region, you can apply for this non-repayable grant to create, expand, or modernize your activity. The support covers between 40% and 60% of your investment, for projects starting at €25,000 up to less than €300,000.
If you have a company in Madeira, you can get a non-refundable grant to help pay your running costs and maintain or create jobs. This money does not need to be paid back and can reach up to €20,000 for micro-enterprises, or up to €25,000 for other companies.
If you have an SME or are self-employed, you can get back part of what you spend registering trademarks, designs or patents. It is EU support that closes when the money runs out.
If you are on Terceira or Graciosa (Azores), you can get between 50% and 100% as a grant for sea-related projects: up to €50,000 of investment for businesses and up to €100,000 for non-profits.
If you have a micro or small company in Terras de Trás-os-Montes, you can get a 60% grant to invest between €25,000 and €300,000 in starting, expanding or modernising the business. Applications until 21 December.
If your SME has already done successful research and now wants to show the technology works in practice (with a demonstrator or pilot line), it can get support for that project, alone or with partners.
If you are a large company in the North, Centre, Alentejo or Algarve and want to invest to use less energy and pollute less, you can get support for new low-carbon equipment and technology. The open phase is only for large projects negotiated with the State (contractual regime).
If your SME in the Centre, Alentejo, Algarve or Lisbon region wants to research and develop new products or processes, it can get support for projects from €150,000, alone or with partners. Applications until 30 December.
If your company, sole-trader business or local body was damaged by storm Kristin in a municipality under a state of calamity, you can ask your bank for publicly guaranteed credit up to the full value of the damage (minus what insurance pays), repayable over up to 10 years.
If you run a business, are self-employed, or manage an organization affected by storm Kristin in a disaster area, you can access a loan with a public guarantee of up to 80% to restore your cash flow. The financing reaches up to €100,000 for micro-enterprises and €500,000 for small businesses, with higher amounts for larger companies. The support is also available across mainland Portugal for those extracting wood damaged by the storm.
If you have a project that makes your area more attractive to tourists, you can get 60% (or more, in the interior) as a grant: up to €400,000 for municipalities and associations, or up to €200,000 for small businesses. Companies can only apply with social innovation projects or projects within PROVERE strategies.
If your company already has a project approved for or applied to Portugal 2030, the PRR or IFIC, you can ask your bank for a publicly guaranteed loan to cover the part of the investment the grant does not pay. You can finance up to half of the investment, as long as you put in at least 20% of your own funds.
If your company spends a lot on energy (at least 20% of production costs) or has seen raw material costs rise sharply, you can ask your bank for a publicly guaranteed loan to support cash flow: up to €100,000 for a micro company and up to €2.5 million for larger ones, repayable over up to 5 years.
If your company in the North, Centre, Alentejo or Algarve wants to invest in manufacturing digital, deep-tech or biotech products (including critical medicines), it can get a non-repayable grant for that productive investment.
If your company or research centre in the North, Centre or Alentejo wants to develop clean energy technologies in partnership, all the way to production and sale, it can get up to 80% of the research costs. It is only possible in a consortium with other companies or organisations.
If your company in the North, Centre or Alentejo wants to invest in manufacturing clean energy technologies (or parts and components for them), it can get a non-repayable grant for that innovative productive investment.
If your company or research centre in the North, Centre, Alentejo or Algarve wants to develop digital technology or biotech in partnership, up to production and sale, it can get up to 80% of the research costs. Consortium only.
If you live or work in the coastal parishes of Matosinhos, Póvoa de Varzim or Vila do Conde covered by this call, you can get a grant for projects linked to the sea, fishing and aquaculture: starting a business, innovating, saving energy or promoting heritage.
If you have a company in Alentejo, you can receive non-refundable support to use resources more efficiently and reuse materials in production. This funding covers between 40% and 50% of the costs, with possible increases in Alto Alentejo, for investments of at least 200,000 euros. You have up to 24 months to complete the project.
If you have a small business or are a sole trader in Alentejo, operating for less than 3 years and focused on technology or creativity, you can apply for this support. You will receive non-refundable funding covering up to 75% of your costs, with a maximum amount of 1 million euros, which can reach 2 million euros for innovative companies.
If you run a business in the Alentejo (outside low-density areas) with organized accounting, you can get a non-repayable grant of up to 50% to hire professionals with higher education. This support helps you bring graduates, masters, or PhD holders onto your team to boost innovation and drive your digital and green transition.
If you have a business in Alentejo, in a low-density area, you can get a non-repayable grant to hire highly qualified staff, such as graduates, master's, or PhD holders. The program covers up to 50% of the costs to help you innovate and speed up your company's digital and energy transition.
If you run a business in the Algarve, you can get a 60% non-refundable grant to make your company more sustainable. This funding covers projects up to €200,000 focused on energy efficiency and emissions reduction, with priority for tourism and industry.
If your company spends money on research and development, it can recover a large part (up to 82.5%) through a corporate income tax credit. The application for 2026 expenses is made on the ANI platform by 31 May 2027.
If you have a company or are self-employed, you can ask your bank for publicly guaranteed credit, which makes the loan easier to get and on better terms. It covers day-to-day needs, growth, buying another business or starting a newly created one.
If you find it hard to get a job or credit and want to start or grow a small business, you can ask for microcredit of up to €20,000 with a guarantee and lower interest, plus free help to prepare your project. Young unemployed people get priority.
If your company invests in new machinery, equipment or technology, it can deduct up to 30% of that investment from its corporate income tax (in less developed regions), and sometimes get property-tax and stamp-duty exemptions. There is no application: your accountant claims it on the tax return.
If you own a business or cooperative in Portugal and increased its equity, you can deduct that effort from the taxes owed on your profits. The tax deduction is calculated based on the 12-month Euribor rate plus 2 percentage points on the invested amount, up to a maximum limit of 4 million euros per year.
Indicative information: always check the conditions in the official call before applying.