Ye, you can launch your micro-entreprise while receiving unemployment benefits. Pôle emploi offers two main support options:
🧾 Option 1: ARE (Aide au Retour à l’Emploi)
You continue receiving your monthly unemployment payments even after starting your business.
💰 Your benefit amount may be reduced based on your monthly revenue.
🔁 You must continue your monthly declaration on pole-emploi.fr.
✅ You remain eligible as long as you’re registered as a job seeker.
💸 Option 2: ARCE (Lump-Sum Business Grant)
You receive 45% of your remaining unemployment entitlements, paid in two installments:
50% when you launch your business
50% six months later (if the business is still active)
⚠️ Important: with ARCE, you no longer receive monthly unemployment payments.
📌 Conditions to access ARE or ARCE
You must:
Be registered as a job seeker
Have remaining unemployment rights
Select “Yes” to ACRE (reduced social contributions) during registration
✉️ What happens after registering with Candosa?
If you selected ACRE during signup:
✅ We generate the ACRE form (Cerfa 13584*02) pre-filled for you
📬 You simply need to sign it and send it to URSSAF within 45 days
🧠 Not sure whether to choose ARE or ARCE?
👉 Use the Pôle emploi simulator or speak to your Pôle emploi advisor