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Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT)

Supports Flemish export growth by promoting international trade and attracting foreign investment for regional businesses.

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Key stats
Annual funding—
Programs6
Active grants5
Total grants6
About

Flanders Investment & Trade (FIT) is the Flemish Government agency for export promotion and inward investment. It serves companies and organizations based in Flanders, markets Flemish innovation abroad and runs a large international network, with more than 70 offices worldwide and 320 staff. In 2022 it supported exports worth €479 billion and facilitated 278 foreign investment projects.

Most of its work is advisory, through market intelligence, country specialists, trade missions and matchmaking, but it also runs six direct subsidy routes. Those support export starter packages, custom international projects, trade fair participation, prospecting trips outside the EEA, foreign prospecting offices and multilingual digital business communication, with awards ranging from €3,000 to €75,000 and the starter package fixed at €9,000.

The subsidy rules are tight: applicants must be compliant, the work must add value for Flanders, and most routes run through MyFIT with rolling or limited call windows. FIT does not fund R&D; that space sits with VLAIO, which makes FIT the right channel for export and international market development rather than innovation grants.

Programs & grants under this funder
Grant for Participation in Foreign Trade Fair / Niche Event (Subsidie voor Deelname aan Buitenlandse Beurs / Niche-Event)

Supports subsidy covering trade show booth costs or niche event participation fees for Flemish companies.

1 grant
Grant for Participation in Foreign Trade Fair / Niche Event (Subsidie voor Deelname aan Buitenlandse Beurs / Niche-Event)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Grant for Digital International Commercial Business Communication (Subsidie voor Digitale Internationale Commerciële Bedrijfscommunicatie)

Supports flat rate grant for Flemish small businesses creating multilingual digital export communications via external specialists.

1 grant
Grant for Digital International Commercial Business Communication (Subsidie voor Digitale Internationale Commerciële Bedrijfscommunicatie)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Grant for an International Custom Project (Subsidie voor een Internationaal Maatwerkproject)

Supports subsidy covering custom international project costs for Flemish small businesses.

1 grant
Grant for an International Custom Project (Subsidie voor een Internationaal Maatwerkproject)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Grant for Establishing a Prospecting Office Outside the EEA (Subsidie voor Oprichting van een Prospectiekantoor Buiten EER)

Supports subsidy for Flemish companies establishing a foreign prospecting office outside the EEA.

1 grant
Grant for Establishing a Prospecting Office Outside the EEA (Subsidie voor Oprichting van een Prospectiekantoor Buiten EER)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Prospecting Trip Outside the EEA (Prospectiereis Buiten EER)

Supports subsidy covering forfait travel and accommodation costs for Flemish small businesses prospecting non EEA markets.

1 grant
Prospecting Trip Outside the EEA (Prospectiereis Buiten EER)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Starter Package for Internationalization (Starterspakket Internationalisering)

Supports one time flat rate grant for Flemish innovative small businesses launching export activities for the first time.

1 grant
Starter Package for Internationalization (Starterspakket Internationalisering)
Opens Sep'26
— pool
Last verified: 28 May 2026Source: corporate.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com