Regional Investment Aid
Supports Swedish assisted-area businesses with investment grants for machinery and facility development in regional operations.
Regional Investment Aid (Regionalt investeringsstöd) is a capital grant programme administered by Tillväxtverket that subsidises business investments in machinery and buildings in Sweden's designated Assisted Area municipalities. The assisted areas cover the northern counties of Norrbotten, Västerbotten, Västernorrland, and Jämtland, as well as selected municipalities in other regions, which face structural economic disadvantages relative to the national average. The programme accepts applications on a rolling basis throughout the year.
Eligible applicants are for-profit businesses — sole traders, partnerships, and limited companies — whose markets extend beyond their own region. Purely local businesses do not qualify. Large enterprises may apply only for investments in genuinely new economic activities; small and medium enterprises face no such restriction. The grant is paid against eligible costs for physical capital investment: machinery, equipment, and construction of or improvements to business premises. Investments must normally be completed within two years of the funding decision, and applicants must submit their application before any investment activity begins — starting construction or purchasing equipment prior to application is an absolute disqualifier.
Applications are submitted to Tillväxtverket via its online portal. The agency assesses applications against EU State Aid rules applicable to assisted areas, and award amounts are set as a percentage of eligible investment costs, with maximum aid intensity ceilings determined by the beneficiary's size and the specific assisted area tier. Applicants in northern counties typically qualify for higher aid intensities. Businesses planning investments should apply early given the rolling intake, and should confirm which assets count as eligible costs with Tillväxtverket before committing expenditure.
Funds capital investments in machinery and buildings by businesses in Sweden's Assisted Area municipalities (primarily northern counties and selected regions), for projects with markets extending beyond the local region.
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