Entrepreneurship

Seek information on starting a business and take advantage of business advisory services. In Helsinki, you can use the free business services provided by Business Helsinki. The Business Helsinki website contains, for example, a guide to starting a business and information on training. You can also register for Starting a Business Info Event, where you will receive important basic information about entrepreneurship and applying for start-up grants. The services are available in many different languages.

Go to the Business Helsinki website

Advice is also available at the national Enterprise Finland service by phone or via chat. 
 

Please let the employment services know if you are interested in entrepreneurship and plan to work as an entrepreneur for more than two weeks or when you charge for your work through invoicing services, working as a so-called light entrepreneur.

You can leave a contact request with your specialist in the E-Services.

Make plans on how to ensure your livelihood during your new business. Check with the unemployment benefit advice whether you can receive the unemployment benefit at the beginning of your entrepreneurship. Once your business plans have become clearer, you can apply for a start-up grant.

Entrepreneurship training also provides help with starting a business. TE Services offer training to those who intend to become entrepreneurs or who are already working as entrepreneurs. Ask for more information from your specialist and see the open training opportunities for entrepreneurs in the online service.

See the open entrepreneurship courses (page available in Finnish)

Let the employment services know that you are working as an entrepreneur. We will send you a request for clarification, asking you when you started the business, and whether you will apply for a full-time job during this time. After four months of starting your business, you need to let the employment services know whether your operations will continue and whether they are part-time or full-time.