An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Anantapur has 29,472 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,38,830, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.3%, it sits close to the national mark. The district has 96,772 registered service enterprises.