EU is supporting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Georgia through its EU4Business initiative. At this platform, you may learn how to get a credit or a grant, improve your business development skills and get access to new markets.
Access to Finance
Business Development Services
Business Enabling Environment
Results in Georgia
10,055
new jobs created
18,947
SMEs supported
* Results for 2020
Access to Finance
Where can I get finance?
The EU provides special loans to SMEs through local partner banks in Georgia
This story begins more than eight years ago with the tasting of a single glass of traditional wine at a family wine cellar in the village of Ateni, Georgia.
Four years ago, Paata Makhatadze decided to bring to life an old soviet-era nursery that used to produce millions of shoots. He, together with his partner Zurab Ghviniashvili, started his agricultural journey with a piece of equipment inherited from his father.
For years, Nino Giorgadze saw that women faced social and financial problems in her hometown of Gori, some 35 kilometres away from the unrecognized breakaway region of South Ossetia.
Entrepreneurs overwhelmingly drive the economy in Georgia. More than 99% of all firms in the country are micro, small, or medium enterprises (MSMEs), accounting for two-thirds of total private employment and more than half of total business sector turnover (source).
"As a designer, I’m making my clients’ dreams come true. As an entrepreneur, I’m making my own dream come true." — Vakhtang Duchidze | Designer and owner, graphic design and printing | Bank of Georgia, Georgia