An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Hailakandi has 5,011 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,00,044, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hailakandi, which ranks 35 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 38.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.5%. The district has 15,188 registered service enterprises.