Selected Businesses for the 10th (FY2025 2nd) "Equipment Investment Support Program for Advanced Business Promotion"

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Metropolitan Small and Medium Enterprise Promotion Corporation have been implementing the "Equipment Investment Support Program for Advanced Business Promotion" since FY2021. This program provides subsidies for a portion of the costs required for introducing machinery and equipment to help small and medium-sized enterprises in Tokyo strengthen their competitiveness through "qualitative improvement of products and services" and expand their production capacity by promoting productivity improvements.

We are pleased to announce that 92 businesses have been selected for the 10th round (2nd round of FY2025) of this support program.

＜Overview of Supported Businesses＞

・ (Appendix 1) Overview of Major Supported Businesses

・ (Appendix 2) List of Supported Businesses

（Reference）＜Overview of the Subsidy Program＞

Eligible Applicants

Small and medium-sized enterprises, etc., that have their registered head office or a branch office in Tokyo as of the reference date (or have filed a business commencement notification and are operating a business in Tokyo for individuals), and have been in continuous operation for two years or more.

Eligible Industries

All industries

Eligible Projects

【Project Categories】 The project must fall under one of the following categories I to V:

I. Strengthening Competitiveness

- Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for business development aimed at strengthening competitiveness for further growth.

- Projects in the transportation/logistics, construction, and other industries that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for improving competitiveness and productivity as a measure against labor shortages due to the overtime work limit regulations under the Work Style Reform Act, which came into effect in April 2024 (Promoting Work Style Reform).

II. Promoting DX (Digital Transformation)

- Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for business development aimed at creating new products/services or transforming existing businesses through the utilization of digital technologies such as IoT, AI, and robots.

III. Innovation

- Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for fostering innovation by engaging in new business activities in industrial fields that contribute to solving urban issues and are expected to expand markets domestically and internationally.

IV. Successor Challenge

- Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for business diversification or tackling new management challenges by successors, triggered by business succession.

V. Upgrade Promotion

- Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for growth to become the center of the regional economy by achieving enhanced competitiveness and improved productivity.

Subsidy Rate and Maximum Subsidy Amount

Subsidy Rate: Within 1/2 to 4/5. Maximum Subsidy Amount: 30 million to 200 million yen.

*The subsidy rate will be expanded if zero-emission and wage increase requirements are met.

Subsidy Period

1 year and 6 months from the first day of the month following the grant decision date (from March 1, 2026, to August 31, 2027, at the latest).

Eligible Expenses

Costs for introducing machinery, equipment, fixtures, and software.

Equipment Installation Location

Tokyo Metropolis, and Kanagawa Prefecture, Saitama Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Gunma Prefecture, Tochigi Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture.

(*If installed outside Tokyo, the head office must be located within Tokyo.)

Program Website

https://www.tokyo-kosha.or.jp