Support for small, medium, and micro enterprises affected by the recent hostile Iranian aggression ensuring the sustainability of their operations and safeguarding employment through financial and liquidity support, with applications open for 3 months.

By offering financial assistance during periods of economic uncertainty, the initiative aims to support eligible enterprises in sustaining their operations, maintaining employment, and managing financial and operational challenges.

Through this program, eligible mSMEs will receive support to alleviate immediate operational pressures, stabilize cash flow, and ensure business continuity, while enabling them to adapt to evolving market conditions and position themselves for recovery and sustainable growth.

The program is structured across three tracks, each designed to address specific business needs as below:

Track 1: Directly Affected Businesses Support

This track provides grant support to viable businesses that have been directly impacted due to infrastructure damage, disruptions limiting access to their business premises, security restrictions, or location-specific risks, including businesses facing operational disruption.

The grants aim to support business continuity, recovery efforts, and the commencement of activities, enabling enterprises to resume normal operations.

Support may also cover compensation for recurring costs such as rent, utilities, and other fees, to support the recommencement of activities.

Track 2: Operational Expenses Support

This track provides financial grant-based support to affected enterprises to cover essential operational expenses, sustain business continuity, and support retention of their workforce.

Track 3: Financing Profit Support

This track offers 100% subsidy on the profit charges of working capital financing loans provided during a grace period of up to 12 months, with a repayment period of up to 3 years, through the SME Fund.

• Enterprise must be adversely affected and able to provide evidence of financial or operational distress during the period of impact.
• Enterprise must be capable of continuing operations and maintaining its business activities after receiving support.
• Enterprise must have an active Commercial Registration (CR) / valid license issued prior to March 2026.  
• Enterprise must have a physical presence that incurs operational expenses such as rent, salaries, and other business costs. 
• Bahraini owned Enterprise must have at least one (1) employee registered with SIO/The Labour Market Regulatory Authority at the time of Application.
• Foreign owned enterprises must employ at least one (1) Bahraini national registered with SIO at the time of Application.
• Enterprise must be classified as either a Small, Medium or Micro per the definition set by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.   
• Enterprise must not be owned more than 50% by the Government . 
• Enterprise must have an active commercial bank account.  
• Enterprise must submit audited financial statements – where unavailable, system generated financials.  
• Enterprise must not have any violations from Tamkeen, LMRA, SIO or any other relevant government entity.   
• Enterprise must not be registered as a holding company.  
• Enterprise must not be classified as a charity or NGO . 
• The program targets sectors impacted by the disruption. Eligible sectors are listed under the Frequently Asked Questions.  

We will provide financial support to eligible enterprises through grants and financing support, depending on the program track, to assist with covering operating costs, working capital needs, and recovery expenses resulting from business disruption. 

The support under each track is outlined below: 

Track 1: Directly Affected Businesses Support

 Infrastructure Damage: We will provide grant support disbursed based on actual repair costs.  

Access Limitation to business premises: We will provide grant support disbursed based on enterprise eligibility and size. 

Track 2: Operational Expenses Support
We will provide grant support disbursed over a period of three months based on the size of the enterprise and subject to the retention of their workforce.

Track 3: Financing Profit Support
This track provides 100% subsidy on the profit charges of working capital on financing loans provided during a grace period of up to 12 months, with a repayment period of up to 3 years, through the SME Fund.