Support for company creation
Verified 29 August 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Want to start a company, but don't know where to start? There are many types of support for the creation of a company (trainings, internships, testimonials...) that will help you to understand the different stages.
There are specific accompaniments depending on the type of activity you plan to pursue.
Accompaniment and testimonials on the creation
The Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCI) propose a guide to company creation in which you can find all the key steps of the creation.
KICs also offer videos in which entrepreneurs recount their creative experience and talk about the support offered by the KICs.
The KICs offer you a accompaniment the creation of a company on:
- Development of a business model
- Market research
- Establishment of a financing plan
- Construction of the business plan
BpiFrance provides you with a simulator to find a large number of creative assistance offers available in your region.
Internships and training in creation
1. Internships offered by municipalities and regions
To help you in your company creation, many municipalities and regions offer internships for the creation or take-over of a company.
The aim of these courses is to give you a number of key information and to help you refine your project.
In general, to benefit from one of these training courses, it is important to have already a creation project and to be looking for a consolidation of your entrepreneurial skills.
These internships are not not required.
2. Training offered by the KICs
The KICs shall propose training to learn how to build a company. For example, 5 days to undertake. These courses are paid for and open to any type of entrepreneur.
3. Trainings identified by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
You can find on the website of France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) a list of several hundred courses offered throughout France to help future heads of company in their creative project.
Personalized support, seminars and testimonials
The chambers of crafts and crafts (CMA) offer you a personalized accompaniment for company creation.
They also offer free online seminars on company creation and can provide testimonials from entrepreneurs.
It is important that you get closer to the CMA you depend on to have access to support offers.
Who shall I contact
Internships and training in creation
1. Internships offered by municipalities and regions
To help you in your project, many municipalities and regions offer internships for creation or take-back of a company.
The aim of these courses is to give you a number of key information and to help you refine your project.
Generally speaking, to access one of these courses, it is important to have a creation project and to be looking for a consolidation of your entrepreneurial skills.
FYI
These internships are not not required.
2. Training offered by the CMAs
CMAs can also provide training for learn how to build a company.
You need to get closer to the CMA on which you depend to discover the training offers it offers.
CMAs also offer introductory management courses and installation preparation courses.
3. Trainings identified by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
You can find on the website of France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) a list of several hundred courses offered throughout France to help future heads of company in their creative project.
1. Internships offered by municipalities and regions
To help you in your company creation, many municipalities and regions offer internships for creation or take-back of a company.
2. Training offered by the Chambers of Agriculture
The chambers of agriculture offer training to help you settle.
These courses are designed to help you develop entrepreneurial skills that you need and to build or consolidate your creation project.
They are open to all those with a farm company creation project and come in the form of several small training modules.
You can also go through the Installation Welcome Point (PAI) site, dedicated to the creation of an agricultural company and offering a national support system:
Prepare your agricultural installation project
3. Trainings identified by France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi)
You can find on the website of France Travail (formerly Pôle emploi) a list of several hundred courses offered throughout France to help future heads of company in their creative project.
FYI
Such training is not mandatory. However, in order to settle in agriculture, a professional capacity or agricultural experience (EEV) are required.
The National Union of Liberal Professions (UNAPL) provides a guide to settling in the liberal profession. It provides information on the first formalities and steps to be taken when setting up a company, but also on the social and fiscal status to be adopted or social protection.
You can ask the UNAPL of your region to discover the offers of accompaniment offered.
Who shall I contact
Depending on your activity and especially if it is a regulated activity, professional associations are likely to help you (college of accountants, college of physicians, etc.).
They can accompany you in your installation and in the implementation of your project.
You can also find on the France Labor (formerly Pôle emploi) a list of several hundred courses offered throughout France to help future heads of company in their creative project.
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Bpifrance Creation
CCI France
Chambers of crafts and crafts (CMA)