2026 Grants to Support Women Entrepreneurs (Self-Employed Workers and Professionals) in the Province of Almería

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The Diputación Provincial de Almería is offering 2026 grants of up to €1,000 per beneficiary to help women entrepreneurs, self-employed workers and professionals cover business maintenance costs in Almería municipalities with up to 5,000 inhabitants.

Benefits

• 💶Up to €1,000 grant
  Selected beneficiaries may receive a maximum of €1,000 each under the 2026 call, subject to competitive assessment.
• 🧾Business maintenance costs
  The grant is intended to finance maintenance costs of the economic activity, as detailed in Base VI of the call.

Eligibility Criteria

• Mandatory: be a woman self-employed worker or professional, including self-employed workers registered in RETA or the Special Scheme for Sea Workers, self-employed professionals required to join a professional association not integrated into RETA, and individual co-owners of comunidades de bienes applying in their own name
• Mandatory: carry out the business activity at a domicile in a municipality of Almería province with a population of up to 5,000 inhabitants; for self-employed workers engaged exclusively in street vending or online sales, the municipal registration requirement applies
• Mandatory: be registered as a resident (empadronada) in one of those Almería municipalities throughout 2026
• Mandatory: remain affiliated and active in the corresponding Social Security regime or professional mutual scheme from 1 January to 31 December 2026
• Mandatory: have no pending justification of subsidies received from the Diputación Provincial de Almería within the required deadline, unless an extension has been granted
• Mandatory: not fall under the prohibitions in Article 13 of the General Subsidies Law and be current with local, state and Social Security tax obligations
• Excluded: capital companies, cooperatives, comunidades de bienes as such, and irregular civil societies

Participation Commitments

• Submit the application electronically through www.dipalme.org
• Apply within the call period from 14 October 2026 to 13 November 2026
• Maintain registration as a resident in an eligible Almería municipality of up to 5,000 inhabitants throughout 2026
• Remain affiliated and active in the corresponding Social Security regime or professional mutual scheme from 1 January to 31 December 2026
• Have no pending justification of subsidies received from the Diputación Provincial de Almería, unless an extension has been granted
• Comply with applicable tax and Social Security obligations

Target Sector

Agriculture & Food, Defense & Security, Education, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services, Government & Public Sector, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Real Estate & Construction, Retail & Consumer, Semiconductors & Electronics, Sports & Fitness, Telecommunications, Transportation & Logistics, Travel & Hospitality, Other

Target Location

Women entrepreneurs, self-employed workers and professionals must carry out their business activity in a municipality of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain, with a population of up to 5, 000 inhabitants, and must be registered as residents in such a municipality throughout 2026; for those working exclusively in street vending or online sales, the municipal residence requirement applies.