AVGS, Gründungszuschuss & Business Plan in Halle (Saale)

The Jobcenter Halle (Saale) is the joint institution (gemeinsame Einrichtung) of the City of Halle and the Agentur für Arbeit, responsible for ALL Bürgergeld recipients within the city. Main office: Neustädter Passage 6, 06122 Halle (Saale), Tel. 0345 6822-802, service hotline 0800 4 5555 00 (nationwide, toll-free). Important: Halle (Saale) is an independent city (kreisfreie Stadt) — for the surrounding district, the Jobcenter Saalekreis (seat in Merseburg) is responsible, not the Jobcenter Halle (Saale).

The IHK Halle-Dessau (Franckestraße 5, 06110 Halle (Saale), founder consulting: 0345 2126-0) — a full Chamber of Industry and Commerce serving Halle (Saale) and central Saxony-Anhalt — is the responsible body for commercial start-ups. For craft-trade start-ups, the Handwerkskammer Halle (Saale) (Gräfestraße 24, 06110 Halle (Saale)) is responsible. Alternatively: BAFA-listed consultants such as Business Start EU — we issue the qualified expert opinion directly and save you the waiting time for a chamber appointment.

As the development bank of Saxony-Anhalt, the Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt (IB) supports founders with, among others: ego.-START (a coaching subsidy of up to €5,400 — €540 per day for up to 10 days — plus a founder stipend of €2,000 per month for up to 18 months, primarily for graduates and researchers with innovative ventures; available through 31 December 2027, with the coaching contract signed before founding) and ego.-WISSEN (a grant toward further founder qualification). IB start-up loans (IB-Gründungsdarlehen) range from €10,000 up to €500,000, with terms up to 15 years and up to 100% financing for innovative, knowledge-based ventures. Nationally in addition: the KfW ERP-Gründerkredit StartGeld (up to €200,000, of which up to €80,000 for working capital; 80% KfW liability release). The Saalesparkasse supports KfW applications and house-bank financing.

Yes, absolutely. Business Start EU (BAFA ID: 205985), based in Heidelberg, supports founders from Halle (Saale) and central Germany online — with flexible scheduling and no waiting for in-person appointments. Online consultation is officially recognized as equivalent to in-person consultation (BAFA funding-consulting guideline).

Yes. The Transfer & Entrepreneurship Office (Transfer- und Gründerservice) of the Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) (Weinbergweg 23) is the central point of contact for university start-ups — from idea to pre-seed funding — and notably runs an English-language "Startup Academy". Univations GmbH (an innovation and technology-transfer promoter on the Weinberg Campus) and the Scidea idea incubator support spin-offs. Spatially, Halle's founder scene concentrates on the Weinberg Campus (the second-largest technology park in eastern Germany) and around the TGZ Halle (Technologie- und Gründerzentrum, Weinbergweg 23).

The Gründungszuschuss (§ 93 SGB III) is for ALG I recipients and is applied for at the Agentur für Arbeit — up to 15 months of funding. The Einstiegsgeld (§ 16b SGB II) is for Bürgergeld recipients and is applied for at the Jobcenter — up to 24 months, plus a potential investment cost subsidy up to €5,000.

Yes. Citizens of the EU, the EEA and Switzerland enjoy freedom of establishment and need no special permit to become self-employed in Germany. Founders from other countries generally need a German residence permit that allows self-employment (Aufenthaltserlaubnis zur selbständigen Tätigkeit, § 21 AufenthG) — and a convincing, bank-ready business plan is central to that application, which is exactly what we prepare with you. Note that public benefit-based funding (AVGS, Gründungszuschuss, Einstiegsgeld) requires that you are already drawing the corresponding German benefit. In Halle, the Martin-Luther-Universität's Transfer & Entrepreneurship Office also runs an English-language "Startup Academy". Our consultation is fully available in English and remote.