Subsidizing existing gym & playgrounds businesses

The aim of the Action is to cover, in the form of support for future operating expenses (including employment costs, but also depreciation of fixed assets), part of the liquidity required for the resumption of these activities, as well as to provide an incentive for maintaining the supported activities in the near future, thus indirectly supporting the retention of jobs.

Target Audience

Very Small, Small and Medium Businesses providing services of gyms and playgrounds that maintain a licensed professional headquarters (in a separate area of their home), regardless of their legal form.

The eligible KAD, in which the potentially beneficial companies should operate (main KAD or KAD with the highest income according to the tax form E3 of the year 2019) are:

93.13.10.01 Fitness services for fitness centers (aerobics, pilates, yoga, etc.)
93.13.10.02 Gym services, gymnastic or non-gymnastic
93.11.10.04 Kart track services
93.29.19.05 Playground services

Submission period

from 31/5/2021 (time 12:00) to 10/9/2021 (time 15:00)

The Financing Application will be submitted electronically on the platform of the State Aid Information System (PSE) www.ependyseis.gr/mis

Type of aid

Public funding is up to 18,000 euros per beneficiary company.

Application area

All of Greece

Terms and conditions

The grant, up to 18,000 euros per beneficiary company, will be awarded as a lump sum to cover future operating expenses. The lump sum concerns 25% of the annual operating costs of 2019 and is attributed to the beneficiary company upon joining the Action, provided that it maintains its business for a period of 6 months from its financing decision.

Businesses must, inter alia, meet the following conditions:

To have started work at the competent Tax Office before 1/1/2020.
To have as main KAD or KAD with the highest income, according to the tax form E3 of the year 2019, one of the eligible KAD of the Invitation.
The total sum of the amounts in codes 581, 585 and 587 of the tax form E3 of the year 2019 to be greater than or equal to 4,000 euros. For companies established within the year 2019, this restriction applies to the corresponding reduced sum of the amounts of codes 581, 585 and 587 of the tax form E3 of the year 2019,
The total sum of the amounts in codes 581, 585 and 587 of the tax form E3 of the year 2019 to be greater than or equal to 4,000 euros.
To keep haplographic or diplographic books of law 4308/2014.
To submit an application for financing per VAT number.
Companies that have entered into a franchise agreement, in the capacity of licensor or franchisee, state this fact in the application for financing and are checked at the verification stage as to whether they are related companies, in order to determine the aid calculated to control the accumulation of de minimis aid (De Minimis).
The evaluation of funding applications is done by the method of direct procedure (FiFo).

What is funded

Indicative operating costs that are eligible for the Action, in the context of a simplified cost selection application and a lump sum calculation, may be the following:

Business space rentals.
Costs of energy, fixed and mobile business telephony, water supply, heating, etc.
Expenses for third party fees (legal, consulting, accounting support, etc.)
Promotion and networking expenses (design and printing of brochures, posters, advertisements, expenses for participation in professional exhibitions, corporate website, etc.).
Expenditure on the supply of consumables.
Depreciation of fixed equipment (tangible and intangible).
Salary costs of the company's staff.
The paid public funding in the form of a lump sum is intended to cover future eligible operating expenses for a period of 6 months from the date of incorporation of the company.

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Contact us for further details:

Email: grants@mdcstiakakis.gr

Τel. 2810 280985