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SME Packages: up to €17,500 to digitalise your Luxembourg SME
The Ministry of the Economy's SME Packages scheme can cover 70% of a digitalisation project, up to €17,500 in grant funding, for any SME established in Luxembourg. Here are the five available packages and the order in which to prepare your application.
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An e-commerce website project, a new CRM or a cybersecurity upgrade can quickly add up to a heavy budget for a small business. The Ministry of the Economy's SME Packages scheme can cover 70% of the costs of a digitalisation project, up to €17,500 in grant funding, for SMEs established in Luxembourg. Here is what the scheme has funded since its expansion in March 2025, who can apply, and in what order to prepare your application.
Up to €17,500 for a digitalisation project
According to Guichet.lu, whose information page was updated on 11 March 2025, the SME Packages scheme reimburses 70% of the eligible costs of a project worth between €3,000 and €25,000 excl. VAT, with the grant capped at €17,500. A project invoiced at €25,000 excl. VAT therefore qualifies for the maximum amount of aid, while a smaller project, for example €6,000 excl. VAT, will be reimbursed up to €4,200. The scheme is run by the Ministry of the Economy and specifically targets small and medium-sized enterprises.
Five packages for five different needs
Since 11 March 2025, the scheme has comprised five thematic strands. The Digital, Service and Sustainability packages already existed; the Cybersecurity and AI packages are the two new additions introduced by this update of 11 March 2025, according to the news item published on Guichet.lu.
| Package | Available since |
|---|---|
| Digital | 2022 |
| Service | 2022 |
| Sustainability | 2022 |
| Cybersecurity | 11 March 2025 |
| AI | 11 March 2025 |
The Digital package, the most thoroughly documented so far, funds the implementation of digital tools: digital marketing, management systems (ERP, CRM, point of sale) and e-invoicing, Guichet.lu specifies. This is the strand that applies to, for example, an online sales project, a real issue in a country where STATEC highlights the low share of companies selling online. The Cybersecurity and AI packages address priorities that have become unavoidable for SMEs, particularly in the area of data protection: a topic to consider alongside whether or not a company is required to appoint a DPO, depending on its size and activity.
Who can apply
Eligibility rests on three cumulative conditions, according to Guichet.lu: holding a business permit (autorisation d'établissement) issued by the Ministry of the Economy, having its registered office in Luxembourg, and meeting the European SME criteria (headcount, turnover, balance sheet total). These criteria effectively exclude large companies and businesses without a valid business permit.
The procedure to follow, in order
The most frequently overlooked point: a preliminary analysis by the House of Entrepreneurship or by the Chambre des Métiers, via eHandwierk, is mandatory before any application is submitted to the Ministry of the Economy, Guichet.lu states. In practice, the procedure involves three consecutive steps:
- Preliminary analysis of the project with the House of Entrepreneurship (or the Chambre des Métiers for craft businesses)
- Preparation of the application, supported by a provider's quote
- Submission and review of the application by the Ministry of the Economy
The precise conditions regarding when the Ministry's approval must occur relative to signing with the provider are not detailed in the page consulted: it is better to check this point directly on Guichet.lu before committing to any expenditure, rather than assuming a timeline.
A scheme born in the energy crisis, expanded in 2025
The scheme is not new: it was launched on 29 September 2022 in the context of the energy crisis, according to the Luxembourg government's press release. Originally, it took the form of a voucher capped at €25,000 per company, structured around only three areas: Sustainability, Service and Digital. The addition of the Cybersecurity and AI packages in March 2025 therefore marks a second phase of the scheme, three years after its launch, broadening its scope without changing the basic reimbursement parameters.
For an SME manager, what matters is less the amount, modest relative to an annual IT budget, than the method: starting the preliminary analysis before making any financial commitment remains the only way to ensure the aid is not lost along the way.
