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Business Advisory Services for SMEs (Förderung unternehmerischen Know-hows)

BAFA Business Advisory Services for SMEs

Provides German small businesses with advisory support for operations finance and growth strategy.

BAFA's Business Advisory Services programme — formally Förderung unternehmerischen Know-hows — is a long-standing, continuously-open initiative that subsidises access to professional management consulting for German small and medium-sized enterprises. The programme's rationale is that large corporations routinely access high-quality external advisory, and BAFA funding bridges the gap for SMEs that

Professional management consulting for German SMEs across HR planning, financial management, administration, and company-specific weakness analysis.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.Rolling
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.Rolling
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.

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Last verified: 24 Jul 2026Source: www.bafa.de