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ARCE business start-up capital

Enter your daily allowance and remaining days: the calculation gives the capital paid AND what you give up by choosing it — free of charge.

2026 rules — verified on September 6, 2026Free, no account

This content is part of the path: Registering my business and starting up· Step 5 of 10· Next step: Registering a business on the French formalities window

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Sources and assumptions

  • service-public.gouv.fr — F15252 — tax year 2026, verified on September 6, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Le montant de l'Arce s'élève à 60 % des droits à l'allocation d'aide au retour à l'emploi (ARE) qui restent à verser. »
  • service-public.gouv.fr — F15252 — tax year 2026, verified on September 6, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Une déduction de la participation de 3 % pour le financement des retraites complémentaires est appliquée sur le montant du capital. »
  • service-public.gouv.fr — F15252 — tax year 2026, verified on September 6, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Un 1er versement, égal à la moitié de l'aide, est effectué lorsque l'activité débute. Un 2nd versement intervient 6 mois après la date du premier paiement. »
  • service-public.gouv.fr — F15252 — tax year 2026, verified on September 6, 2026
    Excerpt from the source : « Un 2nd versement intervient 6 mois après la date du premier paiement. »

Calculation assumptions

  • Estimate of the amount. The France Travail statement prevails, and it alone opens the entitlement.
  • The daily allowance and remaining days are ENTRIES, taken from your France Travail account on the day the business starts.
  • Choosing the ARCE means giving up the monthly allowance. Unused rights can be reinstated if the business ceases, which softens the trade-off without cancelling it.
  • Taxation of the capital received is not modelled: its treatment depends on your company's tax regime.
  • Eligibility conditions are not checked here — being an ARE recipient, obtaining the ACRE, declaring the activity — because they are not a calculation.

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