A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
East Godavari has 26,257 manufacturing MSMEs. 57.1% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 89% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In East Godavari, which ranks 5 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,86,677.