An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Visakhapatnam has 26,210 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,78,539, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Visakhapatnam, which ranks 1 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.7%. The district has 1,01,105 registered service enterprises.