Companies looking for office space in northern Israel usually compare location, parking, infrastructure, employee access and total cost. At North High Tech Park, located in the Bar-Lev Industrial Park between Akko and Karmiel, there is one more thing worth checking: the potential for tax benefits, investment grants and state incentives for eligible companies operating in a development area.
An important caveat: none of it is automatic. Every company has to check eligibility based on its sector, investment scale, headcount, corporate structure and approval from the relevant authorities.
Talk to the campus team and we will help you understand which options are worth examining for your company.
Short answer
A company relocating to northern Israel, or already operating at North High Tech Park, may be able to check eligibility for tax benefits, investment grants or R&D funding. Eligibility is never automatic. It depends on where the activity physically takes place, your sector, the scale of your investment, headcount, compliance with the law, and approval from the relevant authority.
What is potentially available
The Encouragement of Capital Investments Law exists to drive investment, employment and economic development in development areas and industrial regions. The Investment Authority operates grant and benefit tracks under it.
| Type of benefit | What it means | Relevant authority |
| Corporate tax benefits | Reduced tax rates or other relief, subject to statutory conditions | Israel Tax Authority / Encouragement of Capital Investments Law |
| Investment grants | Grants toward production equipment, buildings or fixed assets within an approved program | Investment Authority |
| Research and development grants | Funding for technology and innovation projects | Israel Innovation Authority |
| State incentives | Support tracks for development areas, the periphery and industry | Ministry of Economy and the Investment Authority |
| Advance tax rulings | Getting tax treatment confirmed in advance in certain cases | Israel Tax Authority |
What affects eligibility
Not every company located at the park automatically qualifies. Eligibility is assessed on the company’s own facts.
- Where the primary activity physically takes place – a development area or national priority area
- Sector: industry, technology, computing services and similar
- The scale of investment in fixed assets
- Headcount and the quality of the jobs created
- Company structure: public, private, early-stage
- Approval from the relevant authority
Who should run the check
- A technology company evaluating a move out of central Israel
- A software or R&D company expanding into the Galilee
- A startup looking for supportive growth conditions
- An industrial company with an equipment investment plan
- An international group opening a development site in the north
Who does the actual assessment: an accountant, a tax adviser or a licensed grants consultant. Not us. We can point you to the right people and give you the ground-level information about the site, but eligibility is determined outside the park.
Where to start
You do not need to wait until after the move. The first assessment belongs in the site-selection stage, while you are still comparing locations.
- Initial fit check – do your sector, activity and this location plausibly map to any of the tracks
- Gather your numbers – headcount, investment scale, revenue, activity areas and growth plan
- Pick the track – tax benefits, Investment Authority grants, Innovation Authority, or another government program
- Verify on the official sites – conditions, deadlines and tracks change
- Prepare the file – activity description, business plan, investment forecast, employment data
- Submit to the relevant authority
- Respond to queries and wait for the decision
- Comply and report – approval carries ongoing conditions and documentation requirements
Why check here specifically
North High Tech Park sits between Akko and Karmiel, two minutes from Ahihud train station, with roughly 1,000 high-tech employees across 35 companies and an active expansion plan. It is a working technology campus with real infrastructure, not a plan on paper. That matters when an authority assesses whether an investment creates genuine employment in the area.
Frequently asked questions
Does being located at North High Tech Park qualify us for tax benefits?
Not automatically. The location may be a relevant factor in an assessment, but benefits are determined by sector, investment, headcount and statutory conditions. Location alone decides nothing.
Which companies should check eligibility?
Technology, software and R&D companies, startups, development subsidiaries and industrial companies that are either evaluating a move north or already operating in the area. All of them are worth a professional assessment.
What is the difference between tax benefits, investment grants and R&D grants?
Tax benefits are reduced tax rates from the Tax Authority. Investment grants are money from the Investment Authority toward equipment and infrastructure. R&D grants are Innovation Authority funding for research projects. You can pursue more than one track in parallel.
We are relocating from central Israel. Is it worth checking?
That is exactly the case where it matters most. A relocation is the event that triggers a fresh eligibility assessment, and it can change the economics of the decision.
What is the Encouragement of Capital Investments Law?
A law designed to encourage investment, employment and economic development in Israel, particularly in development areas. It allows eligible companies to check entitlement to tax benefits and investment grants, subject to Investment Authority approval.
Is the park in a national priority area?
Bar-Lev Industrial Park is located in an area that may be relevant to priority classifications. The exact classification, and whether it applies to your company, needs to be confirmed with a professional.
Is the Innovation Authority relevant to companies at the park?
It is relevant to any company doing R&D, largely independent of location. Companies in the north may also benefit from conditions and priorities tied to peripheral regions.
Who actually determines eligibility – the park, an accountant or a grants consultant?
External professionals: an accountant, tax adviser or licensed grants consultant. We can refer you and provide initial information, but we do not make the determination.
Checking whether the north works for your company
We will help you evaluate the practical side – space, location, infrastructure, access – and point you to the people worth talking to about incentives. Talk to us.