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Promotion of Startup Locations

Last Updated July 2, 2024

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An overview of the grant for FY2024 has been posted. If you are considering using this grant, please contact the department in charge before concluding a contract for properties.

2024 Yokohama City Startup Location Promotion Grant

Outline of grant


 It is necessary to submit a “Business Plan Summary (No. 1 Style)” before concluding a property contract for business establishments.
 First of all, please contact the person in charge before concluding a property contract.

Outline of grant
OverviewIn order to form a startup ecosystem in Yokohama, we will invite startups in Japan and overseas to Yokohama, and to support the business expansion of city startups in Yokohama for the first time and expansion relocation in the city. Grants will be issued.
2Application Category

①Yokohama's first entry into Yokohama City (application category: suburban companies)
When a startup that does not have a business establishment in Yokohama City establishes a business office in Yokohama City for the first time.
②City company (application division: city expansion relocation)
A startup that has a head office in Yokohama City and has a headquarters in the city in line with the expansion of offices, etc.
・When a city company establishes offices in Yokohama-shi
Or,
・When a company with a business office other than the head office in the city establishes (relocated) the head office in the city with the expansion of the offices, etc.

Startups under this grant

①Companies that meet and 2 are eligible for this grant.
①Among companies that aim for rapid growth in a short period of time since its establishment by innovation, building new business models, and cultivating new markets, companies defined in Article 2, Paragraph 1 of the Basic Law on Small and Medium Enterprises
(In the case of overseas startups listed below, those who are deemed to fall under the scope of SMEs.)
・Foreign companies as stipulated in Article 2, item 2 of the Companies Act
・A company in which a foreign company owns more than one-third of total voting rights or total investment
②Comply with the requirements of "financing" or "Startup Growth Support Program"

3Target areas

IT, health and life sciences, environment and energy, tourism and MICE, advanced technology, innovation creation

Major requirements

・15 years have passed since its establishment
・Being a company stipulated in Article 2, item 1 of the Companies Act that conducts business in “3 Target Fields”.
・At least one person (including officers other than the representative) who belongs to the target company and has paid wage salary or other equivalents.
・Have prepared a settlement of accounts for one term, or the capital or investment must be 5 million yen or more.
・Establishment of offices, etc. shall be based on a "lease agreement" or "service office contract (installed in lockable private rooms or other occupied spaces)"
・The floor area of the establishment to be installed must be 8 m2 or more (in the case of expansion relocation, increase by 8 m2 or more).
・The target area does not include the residential area, warehouse, store part, etc.
※For details on other requirements, please check "8 Recruitment Guide" and, if you have any questions, please contact the section in charge.

Grants, etc.・Both "Yokohama City First Advance" and "City Expansion Relocation", we will issue the amount calculated based on the following standards.
(1) Maximum grant amount: 500,000 yen
(2) Calculation method: Target area (m2) x 20,000 yen
※Rounded down to the nearest decimal point.
Procedure FlowPrior to concluding a property contract, it is necessary to submit a preliminary interview and a business plan summary document.
First of all, please contact the department in charge.

For other procedures, please refer to "8 Recruitment Guide".
Reception period

Date and time of reception: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 10:00~
※Even during the application period, the application will be closed when the total application amount exceeds the budget amount.

Recruitment informationPlease confirm "guidance of Yokohama-shi startup location promotion subsidy" (PDF: 464KB).
Contact information・Address: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.lg.jp
(In charge of Innovation Promotion Section, Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama City: Untangame, Goto)
・Phone: 045-671-3487
※The subject of the e-mail should be "[Inquiry] Startup Location Promotion Subsidy (Company Name)" and specify "1 company name 2 Name of person in charge" in the text and contact us.

Flow of the Startup Location Promotion Subsidy Procedures

The flow of the procedure is as follows.
First of all, please contact the person in charge before concluding a property contract.

Procedure Flow

Introducing tenant futures, etc. (Cooperating companies are also recruiting at any time.)


  We have released a list of office operators, etc., who are providing cooperation with startups looking for properties in the city.

  Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the property.

   List of cooperating companies (PDF: 86KB)

  ※When you contact each cooperating company, be sure to tell us that you have seen the Yokohama City Startup Location Promotion Grant web page.


We are recruiting real estate companies, building owners, etc. who can cooperate in introducing vacant properties to startups as cooperating companies at any time.
If you would like to cooperate, please specify "1 company name 2 Name of person in charge, (3) availability on the website (*)" and contact the person in charge below.
 ※If you agree to the publication, we will post company names etc. on the website of Yokohama City in the future.
・Address: ke-shinsangyo@city.yokohama.lg.jp
(In charge of Innovation Promotion Section, Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama City: Untangame, Goto)
 ※Please set the subject of the e-mail to "[Contact] Cooperation to promote startup location (company name, etc.)."

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For inquiries to this page

Economic Affairs Bureau Business Innovation Dept.

Phone: 045-671-4600

Phone: 045-671-4600

Fax: 045-664-4867

Email address: ke-innovation@city.yokohama.jp

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