A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Anakapalli has 10,750 manufacturing MSMEs. 55.2% of self-employment loans go to the district's top industry. The Common Facility Centre under SFURTI gives artisan clusters shared equipment they could not afford individually.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 1% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anakapalli, which ranks 4 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.2 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,66,260, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.5%.