Place
Kansakoulukatu 3, 00100 Helsinki (KOO3)
Asiakasnäkymä
Business Helsinki
Updated 23.02.2026
Business Helsinki’s business services
Business Helsinki’s business services include personal advice on starting and developing a business, coaching, training, events, and business incubator and accelerator activities, among other services.
Service organiser
Business Helsinki
Language
Finnish
English
Estonian
Arabic
Swedish
Russian
Spanish
Charges
The service is free of charge
All services of Business Helsinki are free of charge.
Implementation
Hybrid service
Whether you are still considering entrepreneurship, starting a business or developing your business activities, Business Helsinki can provide you with comprehensive basic information, personal coaching and training to support your chances of succeeding as an entrepreneur. We also help start-ups acquire funding, find partners and network, and we support them in going international.
Who is the service for?
Municipality of residence
Helsinki
Age
All people of working age
Situation
Person with higher education
Lacking upper secondary education
Entrepreneur or interested in becoming one
To start planning your business, you should first read the Start-up Guide for new entrepreneurs that is available on our website, attend a Starting a Business Info Event and participate in other training. Our personal, free-of-charge business advisory sessions will provide you with coaching and assistance for your business activities. On the Business Helsinki website,external link, opens in a new tab you can find our wide range of services for new entrepreneurs in several languages, along with instructions on how to sign up.
Benefits of participating in the service
Whether you are planning on becoming a light entrepreneur or private trader or starting a limited liability company or another type of company, our business advisory services are for you. Our business advisors have many years of practical business experience from various industries and providing business advice. Besides Finnish and Swedish, our services are also available in English, Spanish, Estonian, Russian and Arabic.
Conditions for participating in the service
There are no prerequisites for participating in the service.
How can I participate in the service?
The services of Business Helsinki are intended for you if you are considering becoming an entrepreneur, in the process of starting your business or in need of support in the early stages of entrepreneurship. Among other things, our services include Starting a Business Info Events, business advisory services, training sessions on the business plan, related calculations and other topics, advice on the start-up grant, personal coaching, and start-up and ecosystem services. More detailed information on our services for different stages of business activities is available on our websiteexternal link, opens in a new tab.
How is the service organised?
Service accessibility
Possibility of interpretation
People with reduced mobility taken into account
Where and when?
Accessibility
The nearest metro stop to us is Kamppi. Trams 7 and 9 will take you to the Simonkatu stop, from where it is a roughly 150 m walk. There is an accessible entrance in the courtyard, which you can access through the gateway to the left of the main door. There is one disabled parking space in the courtyard. The gateway goes slightly uphill. In the courtyard, there is a door buzzer by the middle door, which you can use to call the lobby. Inside, a ramp leads to the main lobby. Our service point on the fourth floor can only be accessed via the lifts in the main lobby.
The fourth floor features an accessible toilet, and there is an induction loop in the event lobby. The service point does not have a queue number system. The buttons of the lifts in the main lobby have embossed floor numbers, but no braille.
The fourth floor features an accessible toilet, and there is an induction loop in the event lobby. The service point does not have a queue number system. The buttons of the lifts in the main lobby have embossed floor numbers, but no braille.
Time
The time of the service is agreed upon separately.
Links and attachments
Links:
Service category
Coaching and entrepreneurship training
Setting up a business
Business development