A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Vizianagaram has 12,901 manufacturing MSMEs. 51.2% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Vizianagaram, which ranks 9 of 27 in Andhra Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,94,411. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.5%, it sits close to the national mark.