Advice and funding

From business start-ups to a company consultation day for individual advice to business expansion, we offer you the right information on subsidies and support from a single source.

Company talk day on 10 October 2025

In order to get to know the current situation of the companies better, to look for solutions together and to be able to provide valuable impulses and practical suggestions for company development, we - the Bocholt Economic Development Agency - together with the WFG Kreis Borken invite you to the "KMU-TÜV" future check as a company consultation day. This will take place at our office on Osterstraße in Bocholt .

The aim is to engage in dialogue and discuss new topics and ideas. Key topics have been defined for this purpose, which you can tick directly with your online registration so that the WFG Kreis Borken advisory team can be put together in a topic-orientated manner. We will contact you once we have received your registration.

Registration for 10 October 2025 and further information can be found here.

AI meeting on 4 November 2025

On 4 November 2025, reboVet GmbH, the Westfälische Hochschule in Bocholt, the Digital Hub münsterland and Wirtschaftsförderung Bocholt are inviting you to the first AI meeting in Bocholt. Companies from industry and (wholesale) trade will meet here to exchange practical AI knowledge and develop innovative solutions together.

In an interactive "World-Café", you will work together with experts and other companies on current AI topics and develop concrete application examples for your industry. The focus is on practice-orientated exchange and concrete solutions for your challenges.

Take this opportunity to network with managers, specialists, project managers and change management experts from the region. Join us and play an active role!

When? 4 November 2025, 15:00-17:30
Where? Schmatzepuffer, Raiffeisenring 33, Bocholt
Registration: Until 20 October here

Start-up counselling

For business founders in the commercial sector and the liberal professions.

NRW Business Advisory Programme (BPW)

You will receive a grant for advice on the development, review and implementation of start-up concepts prior to realisation.

Funding is available for consultations on setting up small and medium-sized commercial enterprises and liberal professions in accordance with the EU definition of SMEs (link opens in a new window).

Funding is provided for 50% of the necessary expenditure up to a maximum of €510 per day of counselling.

You can find more information on the subsidy here.

Management Consultancy

Companies are faced with changing markets, diversification of the customer and product structure or increasing competitive pressure. The funding listed here is intended to support companies and employees in securing and expanding their competitiveness and employment in a future-oriented manner.

Promotion of business consultancies for SMEs

The aim of the federal programme " Promotion of Business Consultancy for SMEs" is to strengthen the prospects of success, performance and competitiveness as well as the employability and adaptability of small and medium-sized enterprises. To achieve this, companies can obtain advice from qualified consultants on all economic, financial, personnel and organisational issues relating to company management.

Funding is provided for 50% of the necessary expenditure - up to a maximum of €1,750 for the counselling.

You can find more information about the subsidy here.