A public-sector bank, regional rural bank, or district cooperative branch handling accounts, DBT and Mudra loans.
Anantapur has 12.3 bank branches per lakh population, better than the typical district. The district's credit-deposit ratio is 210.2, better than the typical district. Every branch here is a physical point of access to savings and credit.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 84% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Anantapur, which ranks 23 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on women with a bank account at 89.1%. On small-business loans per lakh people at ₹41,243 and credit going to productive use at 63.7%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 1,26,244 registered enterprises.