Tools
In this section, find trusted tools to grow your business at national, European and global levels in the areas of: finance and funding, protecting your idea, business/trade support and legal regulatory support. Use the filters to find the most helpful tool for you under the available categories.
Free
Legal and regulatory support
MIO database - Spain
A Spanish Patent and Trade mark Office (SPTO) files database.
Public Organisation
ES
Free
Funding and Investment
SME risk management: insolvency
How to deal with financial distress and insolvency, recurrent risks for small businesses.
Private Organisation
EN
ES
Free
Business / Trade support
SMEs' digital future: how can accountants help?
Why and how your business should go digital.
Private Organisation
EN
Other
Free
Legal and regulatory support
Access2Markets
A trade assistant tool provided by the European Commission, to be used when exporting from the EU or...
Public Organisation
EN
Other
Free
Protecting your ideas
WIPO Madrid Application Assistant
The Madrid Application Assistant is an electronic version of the official MM2 form that you must use...
Public Organisation
EN
ES
FR
Free
Protecting your ideas
EU Plant variety database
The database offers a search tool for all the agricultural and vegetable plant varieties whose seed...
Public Organisation
EN
Other
Free
Protecting your ideas
Espacenet
Espacenet offers free access to worldwide information about inventions and technical developments.
Public Organisation
EN
Other
Free
Protecting your ideas
IPscore
IPscore is a tool to evaluate patents, technologies and research projects.
Public Organisation
EN
Other
Free
Protecting your ideas
DesignView
Search designs across the European Union and beyond.
Public Organisation
BG
CS
DA
DE
EL
EN
ES
FI
FR
HR
IT
LT
LV
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
SK
SL
SV