Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Guntur has 30,039 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,64,167, better than 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 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). 62% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Guntur, which ranks 3 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 50.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6%. The district has 98,058 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Guntur are in the Guntur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Guntur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.