11th (FY2025, 3rd Round) "Support Project for Equipment Investment to Promote Dynamic Business Development" Selected Businesses Announced

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo SME Support Center have been implementing the "Support Project for Equipment Investment to Promote Dynamic Business Development" since FY2021. This project subsidizes a portion of the costs for introducing machinery and equipment necessary for Tokyo-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to strengthen their competitiveness through "qualitative improvement of products and services" and to promote productivity improvement for "expansion of production capacity."

We are pleased to announce that 80 businesses have been selected for the 11th round (3rd round of FY2025) of this support project.

Overview of Subsidized Projects

Eligible Applicants

SMEs and others who have their head office or a branch office registered in Tokyo as of the base date (or have filed a business commencement notification and are operating a business in Tokyo if an individual), have been in business for at least two years, and have formulated a wage increase plan.

Eligible Industries

All industries

Eligible Projects

[Project Categories] 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.

II. DX Promotion

Projects that newly introduce machinery and equipment necessary for business development aimed at building 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 their 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 strengthening competitiveness and improving productivity, and for growing to become the center of the regional economy.

Subsidy Rate and Maximum Subsidy Amount

Subsidy Rate: Within 1/2 to 4/5

Maximum Subsidy Amount: 30 million yen to 200 million yen

Subsidy Period

1 year and 6 months from the first day of the month following the grant decision (July 1, 2026 - December 31, 2027 at the latest)

Eligible Expenses

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

Installation Location

Within Tokyo Metropolis, and in Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, and Yamanashi Prefectures.

(※If installed outside of Tokyo, the head office must be located in Tokyo.)

Project Website

https://www.tokyo-kosha.or.jp/support/josei/setsubijosei/yakushin.html

This initiative promotes the "2050 Tokyo Strategy." Strategy 13 Industry: "Support and Foster SMEs."

[Contact Information]

<Regarding the System in General>

Industrial Labor Bureau, Commerce and Industry Department, Startup Support Division

Phone: 03-5320-4694

<Regarding Applications>

Tokyo SME Support Center, Equipment Support Division

Phone: 03-3251-7884

(Appendix 1) Overview of Main Supported Projects

(Appendix 2) List of Supported Projects for the 11th (FY2025, 3rd Round) "Support Project for Equipment Investment to Promote Dynamic Business Development"