Retail & E-commerce Business Grants
Retail and e-commerce businesses can access grants for digital transformation, premises improvement, and high street revitalisation. Local authorities and business improvement districts are key funding sources.
High Street Support
High street shops can access shop front improvement grants, business rate relief, and local authority business support. Town centre regeneration programmes provide additional opportunities.
Digital Transformation
Grants support retailers moving online or improving their digital presence. E-commerce development, inventory systems, and digital marketing may be funded through regional schemes.
Sustainability & Accessibility
Retail businesses can access grants for energy efficiency, accessibility improvements, and sustainable practices. These often come through local authority programmes.
US Retail Grants
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Industrial Development Bond Cap Program
The Industrial Development Bond Cap Program provides New York State’s 2025 allocation of federal volume cap to authorized state or local issuers, enabling lower‑cost tax‑exempt private activity bonds for qualified economic development projects.
Strategic Planning and Feasibility Studies Program
The program provides working capital grants of up to $100,000 (matched 50/50) to support strategic development plans and feasibility studies for cities, counties, municipalities, and related entities.
Linked Deposit Program
The New York State Linked Deposit Program (LINC) provides reduced‑rate financing to eligible existing New York businesses by having the state place a matching deposit, allowing lenders to lower loan interest rates for projects such as equipment upgrades, expansions, and technology adoption.
Good Jobs Challenge
The Good Jobs Challenge is a workforce program that aims to accelerate local economic growth and rebuild regional economies so they are more resilient to future challenges, while placing American workers into jobs.
Research and National Technical Assistance (RNTA)
The RNTA program funds research, evaluation, and national technical assistance projects that promote competitiveness and innovation in distressed rural and urban regions throughout the United States and its territories.
Recompete Pilot Program
Provides flexible grant investments to alleviate persistent economic distress and support long-term, comprehensive economic development and job creation. The program targets areas where prime-age (25-54 years) employment significantly trails the national average.
Build to Scale (B2S)
The Build to Scale (B2S) Program builds regional economies through scalable startups and includes three competitions supporting entrepreneurship, acceleration of company growth, and increased access to risk capital across regional economies.
Advanced Industries Export Grant
Reimburses up to 50% of approved expenses for international business development and marketing for Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses, up to $15,000.
Collaborative Infrastructure Grant
Supports teams of Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses and nonprofits to develop large‑scale projects, requiring a 2‑to‑1 non‑State matching fund.
Early-Stage Capital and Retention Grant
Provides up to $250,000 to Colorado-based advanced industries technology businesses to develop and commercialize advanced technologies in Colorado.
California State Trade Export Program
Helps small businesses begin exporting or grow existing export sales by providing reimbursable export vouchers and organizing state pavilions at international trade shows and missions.
GoGreen Business Energy Financing
Helps small and medium‑sized businesses upgrade outdated equipment to more energy‑efficient models by connecting them with contractors, project managers, and lenders.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about US retail grants