Invest Northern Ireland has a range of support available to those who are considering starting up a new business. Some services are offered in collaboration with Northern Ireland's network of Enterprise Agencies or Business Centres and the Local Councils.

Enterprise Northern Ireland is the association of Local Enterprise Agencies (LEAs) in Northern Ireland. It exists to make Northern Ireland more enterprising and innovative focussing on entrepreneurship, business start and business growth across all sectors.

The Prince's Trust provide a range of support for people aged between 18 and 30 year olds who want to start a business.

Shell LiveWIRE helps 16-30 year olds to start and develop their own business and hosts a national competition for new business start-ups.