EV charger grants for businesses in Luxembourg: what really exists in 2026

In Luxembourg, a company equipping its car park with EV chargers can get support from two Ministry of the Economy schemes: calls for projects (up to 30 % for private infrastructure, up to 50 % if open to the public) and the SME aid scheme (up to 50 % for a small company). The 2026-2030 private charger subsidy, on the other hand, is not open to trading companies: it is meant for individuals, such as your employees at home.

As of November 2026, both this year's call for projects and the SME application window have closed. This guide for finance teams and fleet managers explains:

• which schemes exist, who can apply and how projects are selected;
• the application process step by step, with the list of documents;
• what applies to chargers at your employees' homes, including through leasing;
• VAT, depreciation and benefit in kind;
• how to build the business case without a grant, and how to prepare a project for 2027.

At Voltaback, we often see that the cheapest answer for home charging needs no hardware at all.

The schemes at a glance

One rule applies across the board: you cannot apply after the fact. The SME scheme requires an application before works start, and calls for projects select projects before the investment.

Ministry of the Economy calls for projects

Since July 2022, the Ministry of the Economy has run calls for projects to co-fund charging infrastructure operated by companies. The first six calls funded 132 projects and 1,857 charging points, with around €23.7 million in aid.

The seventh call, for AC chargers, ran from 15 January to 15 June 2026 with a €7 million budget. A separate call for charging heavy vehicles above 3.5 tonnes offered up to 70 % and closed on 31 March 2026. Sources: gouvernement.lu, 2026 calls for projects for charging stations; Chronicle.lu, two new calls 2026.

How the AC call works

1. Who can apply: any company duly established in Luxembourg, whatever its size.
2. Minimum size: at least 175 kW of charging capacity per project, AC only. Sixteen 11 kW points are enough.
3. Aid rate by access: 50 % for public access 24/7, 40 % for public access at least 10 hours a day, 5 days a week, 30 % for private infrastructure (fleet, staff).
4. Eligible costs: charging units, grid connection, smart load management, data transmission, monitoring, payment system, signage and related civil works. Running costs and taxes are excluded.
5. Cap: a single company can receive no more than 40 % of a call's budget.

Legal basis: the amended law of 26 July 2022 on aid for alternative fuel infrastructure. Source: guichet.lu, aid for AC charging infrastructure following a call for projects.

How projects are selected

Calls are a competition, not an entitlement. Within the budget, projects are ranked by the lowest aid per new kW created. At most 90 % of submitted projects are selected; with fewer than ten submissions, at least one is rejected.

For that calculation, capacity counts differently depending on access: 100 % for public access 24/7, 80 % for public access at least 10 hours a day on 5 days, 60 % for private infrastructure. If a project mixes access types, the lowest one applies.

Operating conditions come on top, and many companies underestimate them:

• 100 % renewable electricity;
• operation for at least five years, no resale or rental, except under a finance lease with a purchase option;
• connected points that send data to the national access point;
• unavailability of no more than 5 % per point;
• commissioning within 18 months of the grant;
• a business plan for companies less than three years old.

Should you open your car park to the public?

A higher aid rate is tempting, but public access changes the project. Under the EU Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), publicly accessible points must accept ad hoc payment without a subscription, and prices must be displayed clearly. You also need rules for visitors' cars occupying spaces your drivers count on, and a car park that can be reached from the street at the agreed hours.

It works best for sites next to a main road or a residential area, where evening and weekend use by the public does not compete with the fleet. For a closed car park inside an office campus, private access and the lower rate are usually the realistic option.

What past calls tell you

From July 2022 to January 2026, six calls selected 132 projects: 1,857 points with a combined capacity of about 111,600 kW, supported with about €23.7 million. On average, that is just under €180,000 per project and about €12,800 per point. The order of magnitude shows that the calls target large sites, not an office car park with five company cars.

What does this mean for your company? A fleet-only car park is eligible, but gets the lowest rate and scores lower in the selection than a public site. If your car park opens onto the street, opening it to the public in the evening is worth considering.

The SME scheme: up to 50 %, with strict conditions

SMEs have a direct scheme with no competitive call. It covers companies with fewer than 250 staff and either turnover up to €50 million or a balance sheet up to €43 million.

• Rate: up to 50 % of eligible costs for small companies, 40 % for medium-sized ones.
• Cap: €100,000 per company.
• Renewable power: chargers must run on 100 % renewable electricity.
• Duration: operated for at least five years; commissioned within 18 months of the grant.
• Deadline: one application per year and per project, in writing to the minister, before works start and no later than 30 September 2026.

Source: guichet.lu, aid for SMEs investing in charging infrastructure.

At the time of writing, no extension beyond 30 September 2026 has been published. If your project is planned for 2027, keep an eye on guichet.lu and get support: Luxinnovation and Klima-Agence advise companies on these applications free of charge.

Eligible costs

The scheme funds investments that create or increase charging capacity, with no second-hand components:

• charging stations;
• grid connection, including a storage unit if it reduces the connection capacity needed;
• shared smart charging management;
• data transmission, monitoring and control of the stations;
• payment system;
• related civil and building works.

Running costs and costs that only bring the site into line with legal obligations are not eligible. A project that only meets the legal minimum for a new building should therefore be checked carefully. All amounts are excluding taxes.

The application step by step

1. Set up a professional space on MyGuichet.lu. The applicant or an authorised representative needs a LuxTrust product or an electronic identity card.
2. Apply online, before the works start. An order already signed can call the incentive effect into question; order only after applying.
3. Attach the documents: company size and organisation chart, latest annual accounts (including linked companies), bank details, CCSS certificate of staff numbers, business permit, timeline, number and power of the points, cost list, amount requested, site address, proof of ownership or lease.
4. Carry out the project and commission it within 18 months; an extension of up to 18 months is possible on a reasoned request.
5. Claim payment: with the detailed form for up to 10 invoices, with the summary form above that. The aid is paid as a capital grant once the project is complete.

Plan your cash flow accordingly: the company pre-finances the whole project and only receives the aid after the final claim.

The private charger subsidy: for your staff, not for the company

The 2026-2030 private charger scheme (bill no. 8577, retroactive to invoices from 1 January 2026) refunds 50 % of the net cost: up to €750 for a standard charger installed in 2026, €1,200 for a smart charger and €1,400 for an ISO 15118-20 charger invoiced in 2026. From 2027, only ISO 15118-20 chargers will qualify. The page itself stresses that the framework is still a draft and may change until the law is published. Source: guichet.lu, private charging stations 2026.

Among legal entities, only non-profits (ASBL), foundations and civil companies with no economic activity, co-owners' associations, and leasing companies acting for an eligible lessee (passing the full grant on through the lease) qualify. Chargers for commercial operation are excluded. A trading company therefore cannot claim it for its own chargers. Source: guichet.lu, private chargers for legal entities 2026.

An employee living in Luxembourg who owns or rents their parking space can, however, claim it for a charger they buy themselves. Co-owners' associations can also get up to €40,000 per building for a collective smart load management system. Prices, quotes and a worked example are in our article on home EV charger installation cost in Luxembourg.

Worked example for an employee in Luxembourg

An employee living in Strassen buys a smart charger for his own parking space in 2026. Charger and installation by an approved electrician cost €2,000 excluding VAT, so €2,340 with 17 % VAT.

1. The subsidy is 50 % of the cost excluding VAT: 50 % x €2,000 = €1,000.
2. The cap for a smart charger is €1,200, so the full €1,000 is paid.
3. The employee's net cost is €2,340 minus €1,000 = €1,340.

Had he chosen an ISO 15118-20 charger at €2,800 excluding VAT invoiced in 2026, the subsidy would have been 50 % x €2,800 = €1,400, exactly the cap. The application is filed after the works, within one year after the end of the invoice year.

The 2027 cut-off: what to tell drivers now

The subsidy rules change on 1 January 2027. A standard charger installed after 2026 gets nothing, and only chargers compliant with ISO 15118-20, the standard that also prepares bidirectional charging, remain eligible. The higher €1,400 cap is only for ISO 15118-20 chargers invoiced in 2026.

If your car policy offers drivers a home charger, or recommends models, update the list now: specify ISO 15118-20 hardware, and tell resident drivers who plan to buy one that the invoice date decides the amount. Drivers who do not need a charger at all lose nothing: a socket remains a valid way to charge, and the kWh are reimbursed the same way.

A charger for employees through leasing

One route is often overlooked: a leasing company can claim the subsidy on behalf of an eligible lessee, such as an employee who leases a charger for his own parking space. The subsidy then lowers the lease payments, and the charger must become the lessee's property at the end of the contract. For a car policy with a charger option, this is a clean solution, provided the employee is the contracting party.

And if the company pays for the charger?

No Luxembourg text obliges the employer to install a charger at the employee's home. If it pays for one, the charger usually remains company property and serves the company car. If ownership passes to the employee, its value is in principle a taxable benefit. Whether the employee can still claim a subsidy in that case depends on who bears the invoice; check with the Administration de l'environnement beforehand rather than risk double funding.

For cross-border workers, about 49 % of employees, this subsidy does not apply: it requires a parking space in Luxembourg. Employees living in Belgium, Germany or France depend on the schemes of their country of residence.

Chargers at cross-border employees' homes

For an employee living in Belgium, Germany or France, the Luxembourg employer can still pay for or reimburse a home charger, but no Luxembourg subsidy reduces the bill. Three practical points:

• Local rules apply to the installation: the charger is installed by an electrician of the country of residence, under that country's grid and safety rules.
• Local schemes, if any, belong to the employee: check with the employee whether a scheme of his region or country applies, and who must be the applicant.
• The charger is optional for reimbursement: the kWh charged into the company car can be measured and reimbursed at the price of the employee's own contract, with or without a charger.

For many cross-border drivers with a short commute, a dedicated socket is enough, and no subsidy is needed at all.

Klimabonus Mobilitéit: it funds the car, not the charger

Klimabonus Mobilitéit subsidises the purchase or lease of zero-emission cars: €6,000 for a new electric car using up to 16 kWh/100 km, €3,000 up to 18 kWh/100 km (or up to 20 kWh/100 km with no more than 150 kW), capped at 50 % of the price excluding VAT. The current regime covered contracts up to 30 June 2026.

Bill no. 8725 extends it to 30 June 2030 with unchanged amounts; it was still before Parliament in autumn 2026. According to the published opinions, it covers private individuals and private-law legal entities, with the car registered in Luxembourg. Check the conditions for companies and leasing on guichet.lu before you order. Source: gouvernement.lu, Klimabonus Mobilitéit.

The real support for a company car: the benefit in kind

For companies, the low benefit in kind often weighs more than any grant. An electric company car is taxed at 0.5 % of its list price per month (0.6 % above the consumption or power thresholds), against 2 % for a combustion car or plug-in hybrid first registered from 2025. For a €50,000 list price, that is a benefit of €250 instead of €1,000 a month.

The 0.5 % and 0.6 % rates apply to contracts signed by 31 December 2026 and registered by the end of 2027. A draft approved by the Government Council in July 2026 would extend them to 2030; at the time of writing it had not yet been published in the Official Journal. Source: Klima-Agence, benefits in kind for company cars.

Tax: VAT, depreciation and benefit in kind

VAT. A VAT-registered company recovers the 17 % VAT on chargers and installation under the normal rules. Budget and grants should therefore be worked out net of VAT.

Depreciation. Chargers bought by the company are depreciable fixed assets. No text sets a specific useful life for chargers; agree it with your fiduciary based on actual expected use. Whether the investment tax credit (bonification d'impôt pour investissement, art. 152bis L.I.R.) applies depends on the nature of the asset and should be checked case by case.

Benefit in kind. For a company car taxed on the flat rate, the reading most practitioners share is that electricity, like fuel, is covered by the flat rate, provided the employer reimburses the real cost of the kWh actually charged. This is not an official position of the tax administration (ACD), so confirm it with your fiduciary. For an employee's private EV charged for free at work, Luxembourg has no specific exemption. The full framework is in our article on electric company car tax in Luxembourg.

Building the business case without a grant

In 2026, most windows have closed. A charging project has to stand on its own; a grant is a bonus if a new call opens.

Example: 20 chargers at the office, or home charging?

A company has 40 electric company car drivers; half live in Luxembourg and half in Belgium and Germany.

Option 1: 20 AC points of 11 kW on site.

• Investment as an order of magnitude: €2,000 to €4,000 net per installed point, so €40,000 to €80,000 net, plus a possible upgrade of the Creos connection.
• At 220 kW the project clears the 175 kW threshold. If selected in a future call, private use would earn at most 30 %.
• Without a grant: at least €40,000 up front, plus maintenance and a back-end.

Option 2: home charging reimbursed at real cost.

• No hardware investment for the company.
• Drivers charge overnight at home and the company reimburses each kWh at the price of their own contract: about €0.19 at night in Luxembourg, about €0.24 in Belgium on a dual-rate meter, about €0.32 in Germany.
• The cost is variable and follows actual use, and the measurement doubles as evidence for the ACD.

Over five years: what a grant really changes

Take option 1 with 20 points at €3,000 net each, so €60,000, and compare three cases:

In all three cases, running costs (back-end, maintenance, renewable electricity) stay entirely with the company, and the points must be operated for five years. At best a grant halves the investment, but it does not answer whether 20 points are needed at all. If 15 of the 20 drivers can charge at home, the cheapest investment is the one you do not make.

Most companies combine both: a few chargers at the office for drivers with no home option, and home charging for everyone else. Our page on the alternative to home chargers for employees explains this approach, and the installation recommendation simulator tells you, profile by profile, whether a charger, a socket or nothing is needed.

Which scheme fits which company?

Cutting the cost without a grant

A grant is not the only lever. Several design choices lower the investment more reliably than an application that may not be selected:

• Load management instead of a connection upgrade: sharing the power between points often avoids the most expensive line of the project.
• Pre-cabling now, points later: conduits and switchboard space for future points cost little during the first works.
• Fewer, shared points: one 11 kW point can serve two to three commuters a day with a simple "move once charged" rule.
• A socket for low-mileage drivers: a dedicated circuit with a suitable socket covers a short commute at a fraction of the cost of a charger.
• Phased roll-out: start with drivers who have no home option, measure use for three months, then add points where queues appear.

Who to contact

Five myths about charging grants

1. "Every company gets 50 % on its chargers." No. 50 % only goes to small companies under the SME scheme, and to public-access points in the calls; private infrastructure gets at most 30 % there.
2. "You can still apply after the installation." No. The application must be filed before the works start.
3. "The private charger subsidy also works for the company." No. Trading companies are excluded; only the employee himself, or a leasing company acting for him, can claim it.
4. "Cross-border workers get the Luxembourg subsidy for their home." No. Only parking spaces in Luxembourg qualify.
5. "With a grant, every charging point pays off." Not necessarily. The grant lowers the investment, not the running costs, and commits you to five years of operation on renewable electricity.

Preparing a project for 2027

In recent years, new calls have usually been announced early in the year. To submit quickly, prepare now:

1. Assess the need: which drivers can charge at home, which cannot? The answer sets the number of points.
2. Clarify the site: ownership or lease, the landlord's consent, available connection capacity.
3. Collect comparable quotes, without ordering: points, load management, grid connection, civil works.
4. Secure renewable power: a supply contract with 100 % renewable electricity is a condition.
5. Set up MyGuichet access and LuxTrust for the signatory.
6. Gather the documents: annual accounts, CCSS certificate, organisation chart, business permit.

1. Set a decision date: agree internally who signs the application and the order, so that the order never comes before the application.

One rule applies to all public funding: the same costs usually cannot be funded twice. Combine schemes only after checking with the Ministry of the Economy or Luxinnovation.

Voltaback: less hardware to subsidise

Voltaback is 100 % software, with no box in the car. It records home charging directly from the vehicle (more than 48 car brands connected) and reimburses it at the real kWh price of each driver's contract, whether they live in Luxembourg, Belgium, Germany or France. Voltaback relies on the home's MID-certified meter, not on a standalone cable meter. The measurement has been audited by an independent third party with a relative error of 1.22 %, we have been ISO 27001 certified since 2 December 2025, and the company never receives drivers' location data.

Where a charger is still justified, we help you get comparable installer quotes. For sizing a company car park, see our guide to workplace EV charging installation in Luxembourg; for the legal framework, our article on EV charging requirements for company car parks; and to equip drivers at home, our guide to smart home chargers for company car drivers.

Let's talk about your project

Before investing in an equipped car park, find out where your drivers really charge and how many chargers you actually need. Contact our team: we will compare on-site chargers with home charging reimbursed at real cost, profile by profile.