A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Sonitpur has 11,629 manufacturing MSMEs. 65.2% 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.
71% of registered enterprises are in services while 29% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sonitpur, which ranks 20 of 35 in Assam for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.6 out of 100. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,45,114, it sits close to the national mark.