Brussels Guarantee Fund

The role of the Brussels Guarantee Fund is to facilitate the granting of professional loans in the Brussels-Capital Region by providing credit institutions with a substantial part of the guarantees they require from Brussels companies, in return for the payment of a single flat-rate contribution.

THE FOLLOWING APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE BRUSSELS GUARANTEE FUND:

• microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, natural persons, including the liberal professions and non-profit organisations;
• those making investments (in the broadest sense) on the territory of the Brussels-Capital Region.

THE CREDITS THAT CAN RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE BRUSSELS GUARANTEE FUND ARE:

• investments in movable and immovable property;
• intangible investments;
• the acquisition of a business or the purchase of shares;
• financial leasing operations;
• bonding credits;
• (re)building working capital;
• extraordinary events;
• repayment of existing loans if this substitution improves the financial structure.

The Fund's assistance is limited to:

• 65% of the amount of an amortizing loan
• 50% of the amount of a non-amortizing loan

The Fund's assistance can be up to 80% if the company is considered exemplary in social or environmental terms.