If you have read somewhere that the Walloon Region funds 50% of your website, that is false. This page said the same thing until 25 August 2026; it was rewritten in full after checking the official sources. Here is the real state of the scheme, including what it does not cover.
1. What is gone: the "Relance par le numérique" voucher
This was the good one. It covered 90% of eligible costs, capped at €15,000 per SME, across three phases: diagnosis, strategic action plan, then implementation, and that last phase explicitly funded the creation or rebuild of a website or online shop, SEO and tool integration.
That voucher closed on 24 November 2023. It was the only Walloon scheme that paid directly for website development. The figures still circulating on agency blogs ("€15,000", "up to 50%") are leftovers from this dead programme, usually copied across with the wrong rate attached.
2. What remains in 2026, and what it actually funds
The chèques-entreprises scheme still exists, and three vouchers touch on digital matters:
- "Digital maturity" voucher: 50% of the provider's fees. Covers a digital maturity audit and coaching.
- "Cybersecurity" voucher: 75% of fees. Covers audit, coaching and Keep It Secure labelling.
- "Growth" voucher: 50% of fees. Covers consultancy, coaching and training in organisational and commercial methods.
The part nobody tells you: these vouchers fund consultancy, audit, coaching and training. Not the lines of code in your website. A web development quote fits none of the three. You can have a reflection on your digital strategy subsidised; you can no longer have the construction of your shopfront subsidised.
Ceilings vary between vouchers and are moving with the ongoing reform. We deliberately do not quote them here: any figure written today stands a serious chance of being wrong within six months. The only authoritative number is the one displayed on the official platform on the day you apply.
3. The condition that blocks most projects: the labelled provider
These vouchers can only be used with a provider labelled by Wallonia. That is not a formality. Labelling requires a minimum of three years' experience as a consultant or expert, an activity volume in the order of €50,000 turnover per year per voucher theme claimed, signed client references, and it is granted for three years maximum.
More importantly: a temporary moratorium on recognising new providers is currently in force while the transition to the new model is organised. In practice, the list of labelled providers is closed today.
4. The ongoing reform changes things again
A decree reforming the chèques-entreprises is due to go before the Walloon Parliament, targeting entry into force by the end of the year. It provides for a single platform, harmonised criteria, and above all sector advisory centres tasked with assessing, labelling and monitoring providers.
In other words, the framework is tightening. If a provider promises you a grant with certainty today for a project starting in six months, they are promising something they do not control.
5. Our position, plainly
FlorisNexus is not a labelled provider under the chèques-entreprises scheme, and sells no grant-application service. We could have left this page as it was: it attracted readers and promised public money. Above all it promised help we cannot deliver, for a scheme that closed two years ago. A client who commits to a project on that basis finds out the truth at the worst possible moment.
What actually brings a website's cost down is duller, and more reliable:
- A tight scope. Most inflated quotes are inflated by pages and features nobody will ever use.
- A fixed price rather than an hourly rate. On a brochure site, an hourly rate puts the overrun risk on you.
- VAT. If you are VAT-registered, the VAT on the service is deductible, not a grant, but a real effect on your cash flow.
- No lock-in. A site whose code and domain you own does not get paid for again every three years.
6. Check for yourself
Do not take our word for it, that is precisely the mistake this page used to invite. The two authoritative sources are the cheques-entreprises.be platform (active vouchers, list of labelled providers, applications) and digitalwallonia.be for the digital side. Any information found elsewhere, including here, should be re-checked there before you commit to spending.
If your project needs an honest costing without a detour through a grant that no longer exists, we issue a free fixed quote within 24 hours.