Services for the Integration of Self-Employed Persons

There is no legal entitlement to Services for the Integration of Self-Employed Persons. Whether you receive Services is decided by your contact person at the job center. Before that, they check whether you meet these basic requirements:

• You receive basic income support or are entitled to it.
• You are self-employed full-time, are already self-employed or are expanding a minor self-employed activity.
• You are personally suitable to successfully carry out a self-employed activity. You can find more information about this at the bottom of the page.
• You can prove that you cannot use other sources of financing. These could be special federal and state programs, local economic development, bank loans or microloans.
• Your business is not insolvent.
• Your self-employment is (presumably) economically viable.

Promotion of the acquisition of tangible assets necessary for self-employment and appropriate considering the need for assistance, such as:

• Business and office equipment
• Vehicles
• Machines and tools
• Marketing and sales-supporting investments

You usually receive the financial support as a loan. Only in individual cases is a grant possible. Your job center decides whether this is possible in your case. Whether you receive the loan or the grant in monthly installments or as a one-time total amount depends on what you use the money for. A combination of grant and loan is also possible.