Northern Ireland business grants
Northern Ireland has its own agencies: Invest Northern Ireland leads on business growth, innovation and export support, with Enterprise NI and local councils delivering startup and small-business help. These sit alongside UK-wide schemes. Subvention matches your NI business to the live grants it can actually apply for.
Grants change frequently — always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines with the funder via the linked source. Subvention does not guarantee funding.
Funding bodies in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland businesses are supported by a mix of regional and national bodies. The organisations below are the main routes to publicly-backed funding and support in Northern Ireland — each with its own eligibility rules, so always confirm details on their own page:
- • Invest Northern Ireland — NI's regional economic development agency for growth, innovation and export.
- • Enterprise NI & local enterprise agencies — startup and small-business support across NI.
- • Local councils — place-based business grants and rate support.
UK-wide grants also open to Northern Ireland businesses
On top of Northern Ireland-specific support, every UK-wide scheme is open to businesses here — including GOV.UK Find a Grant, Innovate UK, UKRI, the British Business Bank's programmes and National Lottery funds. Subvention searches all of these at once and matches them to your company using your Companies House profile, so you see the Northern Ireland and national grants you're eligible for in a single ranked list, each linked to its source.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I find business grants in Northern Ireland?
- Enter your company name above. Subvention pulls your Companies House profile and matches you against live UK, Northern Ireland and European grants, returning a ranked, explained shortlist with a link to each funder's page — free to search.
- What funding is available in Northern Ireland?
- Invest NI is the main agency for business growth and innovation funding, with Enterprise NI and councils supporting startups and small firms — plus UK-wide grants. Subvention surfaces what a NI company is eligible for.
- Are Northern Ireland business grants free to search?
- Yes. Grant search and eligibility matching on Subvention are free, with no signup wall. Optional one-off passes add saved grants, alerts and deadline reminders.
- How current are the grants shown?
- Grant data is refreshed daily from dozens of official sources. Because programmes open and close frequently, always confirm eligibility, amounts and deadlines on the funder's own page — which we link to.
Grant data refreshed daily · page last reviewed 2026-07-26. Always confirm details with the funder.