A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Guntur has 30,039 manufacturing MSMEs. 39% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Guntur, which ranks 3 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,64,167.