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Vacant store opening subsidy business

Last update date April 1, 2024

What is the vacant store opening subsidy business?

For those who meet the necessary conditions at vacant stores in the shopping street in the city and open a business, we will assist some of the expenses required for opening a business. (It will be within the budget.)
In addition, we carry out management consultation to person who opened business using this subsidy.
[Notes]

  • There are conditions for granting subsidies. When the candidate for the property has been decided and the opening time has become embodied, please be sure to consult early in advance.
  • If you no longer meet the conditions of grant, such as abolition or relocation of the business within one year after opening, you will be required to return the subsidy.

Those who can apply

Individuals, corporations (small and medium-sized enterprises), store associations, and various organizations who meet all of the following conditions. However, among small and medium-sized enterprises, deemed large companies (*) are not eligible.
※A deemed large company is a small and medium-sized enterprise that falls under any of the following 1-3.

  1. One large company (other than small and medium-sized enterprises). The same shall apply hereinafter. ) Who owns or invests at least half of the total number of issued shares or total investment.
  2. When multiple large companies own or invest more than two-thirds of the total number of outstanding shares or total investment.
  3. When more than half of officers are also officers or employees of large companies.
Conditions of application
  Conditions
Conditions of Applicant Those who fall under any of the following
  1. Those who open a business in a registered store and the type of business desired by the store association, and operate including the desired time
  2. Person who proves that we received support by "business such as Yokohama-shi specific founding support"
    (It is necessary to take one of the seminars listed in "5 List of Business such as Yokohama City Specific Business Support".)
  3. Those who meet any of the following conditions
  • (Public Goods) Those who open a business with a plan selected as the final of the "Business Grand Prix" Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation
  • Those who open business with proposals for maintenance subsidies selected in the second contest of City of Yokohama, Urban Development Bureau's "Yokohama Citizen Town Public Contracting Project"
  • Those who open business in City of Yokohama, Health and Social Welfare Bureau's "Yokohama City Care Prevention Exchange Base Development Project"
  • In addition, those approved by the Commercial Promotion Section Manager
Conditions for vacant stores
  1. Being a store located in the area of the shopping street in the city
  2. A vacant store in a building that directly faces the main roads or passages of the shopping street.
  3. Not being a tenant-type store for large commercial facilities such as department stores and station buildings
  4. Stores that have been closed for at least 3 months, retroactively from the date of lease agreement.
※Excludes vacant stores owned by the person or relatives within the third degree.
Conditions for opening
  1. It is expected that the business will be conducted continuously for at least one year, and in principle, the business will be opened at least four days a week and operated continuously.
  2. Join a store association in the area where you open for at least one year
  3. Have the qualifications necessary for opening a business, etc., or are expected to have before opening a business
  4. Do not be behind with municipal inhabitant tax (special collection / normal collection)
  5. Not being a gangster or a gangster. In addition, the representative or officer of the corporation (in the case of an organization without a legal personality, the representative) is not a gangster
  6. Have not received such subsidies in the past three years

 ※As a general rule, opening of business by relocation from shopping street in the city, offices not for visitors, etc. are not eligible for assistance.


Contents of support

Subsidized expenses: Initial expenses stipulated in the lease agreement store, excluding brokerage fees (e.g. prepaid rent, security deposit, key money, security deposits, etc.)

Subsidy rate and subsidy limit
  Subsidiary rate Subsidiary limit
Conditions of Applicant 1, 2 1/2 300,000 yen
Conditions of the applicant 3 1/2 500,000 yen

  • If the initial cost is less than the subsidy limit, it will be up to the amount of the initial cost rounded down to the nearest 1,000 yen.
  • Consumption tax and local consumption tax pertaining to subsidized expenses are not eligible for subsidies.

About application

Application deadline: Until Friday, February 28, 2025 ※Prior consultation is until Friday, February 14, 2025.

  1. We will consult with you before applying. If you are considering applying, please fill in the information about opening in the advance consultation form (outside site) and send it. After sending, we will adjust the pre-consultation.
  2. After prior consultation, it will be a formal application when all required documents is accepted. You can apply only after the lease agreement is concluded and two weeks before the scheduled opening date. Please note that you will not be able to apply after the deadline.
    ※If you meet the requirements for application and it is difficult to apply before the deadline due to lease contracts, etc., please contact us.

Documents to be submitted

<In the case of an individual> Municipal inhabitant tax taxation certificate and tax payment certificate

<In the case of a corporation> Municipal inhabitant tax tax payment certificate (If it cannot be issued due to reasons such as less than one year of incorporation at the time of application, only the municipal inhabitant tax tax certificate and tax payment certificate of the representative of the corporation can be submitted)

※The latest fiscal year and within 3 months of issuance, indicating that there is no unpaid

Business Flow

About the flow of procedures

※Please fill out the pre-check sheet and bring it directly.
You don't mind even after the lease agreement. However, please note that as a result of prior consultation, you may not be able to apply for grant.


Performance Report

Please submit a performance report within 30 days after opening or by the end date of the relevant fiscal year (Monday, March 31, 2025), whichever comes first.

Documents to be submitted

Management Counseling

About management consultation

Specialists (small and medium-sized business consultants, etc.) will be dispatched to those who have opened a business using this subsidy to carry out management consultation.

It can be used up to twice in one year after the grant amount is determined. In addition, it is essential to conduct a management consultation once within six months after the grant amount is determined.


[Example]

・I would like to understand and analyze the current business situation after a while after opening.
・I would like to consider a public relations strategy for acquiring customers.
Etc.

How to apply

Please submit shopping street vacant store opening subsidy business subsidy management consultation application (the 17th style) (word: 28KB) to Yokohama-shi one month before desired consultation day.
After adjustment, we will notify the practitioner of the date and time of implementation and the dispatched expert.

・Management consultation is free.

・The consultation place should be conducted at the opening store.

・The consultation time is the desired time from 9:00 to 17:00.

Outline

To the shopping district group

In order to utilize the shopping street vacant store opening subsidy business, it is a condition that you belong to the shopping association in the target area. When the practitioner brings the documents related to this project [memorandum (No. 4 style) (word: 25KB)], please accept them positively.
※Excludes shopping associations that have received subsidies based on the shopping street vacant store opening subsidy business subsidy grant guidelines.

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Inquiries to this page

Commercial Promotion Division, Civil Economic and Labor Department, Economic Affairs Bureau

Telephone: 045-671-3488

Telephone: 045-671-3488

Fax: 045-664-9533

Email address: ke-syogyo@city.yokohama.lg.jp

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