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Grants

Business Start-up Capital Payment

Aide a la reprise ou a la creation d'entreprise (ARCE)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Capital equal to 60% of the remaining unemployment-benefit (ARE) rights, paid in two instalments, instead of monthly ARE.

Funder

France Travail (ex-Pole emploi)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Reserved for founders entitled to unemployment benefit who choose capital instead of monthly maintenance.

How to apply

  1. Obtain ACRE and register the company
  2. Request ARCE from France Travail — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · SIREN and SIRET numbers, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.francetravail.fr/candidat/je-creereprends-une-entreprise/les-aides-financieres-creation-d/aide-a-la-reprise-et-a-la-creati.html

"Le montant de l'ARCE est égal à 60% d'un capital correspondant aux droits ARE restants pour les demandeurs d'emploi dont le droit ARE a été ouvert à la suite d'une fin de contrat de travail à compter du 1er juillet 2023"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.francetravail.fr

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