Starting a Business in Kildare: Company Formation, LEO Grants and Accounting
Kildare was one of the fastest-growing counties in Ireland between 2016 and 2022, with an 11% rise in population driven by commuter towns such as Naas, Newbridge, Maynooth, Leixlip and Celbridge. It has a single council, a county-wide hub strategy with fifteen named hubs, Intel's Leixlip campus and Maynooth University. This page sets out the facts a Kildare founder needs, with sources, and shows how to register and run the books online from anywhere in the county.
Local Enterprise Office Kildare
LEO Kildare is based at Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas, inside Kildare County Council, and covers the whole county.. Feasibility Grant: up to 50% of eligible costs or 15,000 euro, whichever is less, in the Southern and Eastern region, for businesses with no more than 10 employees (localgov.ie).. Priming Grant: for businesses in their first 18 months, up to 50% of the investment or 80,000 euro, whichever is less, and up to 150,000 euro for exceptional projects with export or Enterprise Ireland potential (localgov.ie).. Business Expansion Grant: after the first 18 months, up to 50% of the investment with the same ceilings (localgov.ie).. Grow Digital Voucher: 50% of eligible costs from 500 euro to 5,000 euro for businesses trading at least six months with 1 to 50 employees that have completed a Digital for Business report. It replaced the Trading Online Voucher.. Start Your Own Business course, business advice clinics and mentoring are listed on the LEO Kildare site.. LEO Kildare also lists a Shopfront Improvement Scheme, Lean for Business, Green for Business, a Kildare Food Network and Taste of Kildare, and a Kildare Diaspora Strategy.
Register your company online from anywhere in Kildare
Company formation with staxo is fully online. Limited Company from €199 and sole trader registration from €49, ex VAT.