A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Aurangabad has 11,062 manufacturing MSMEs. 46.2% 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Aurangabad, which ranks 9 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44.1 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹94,570. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1%, it sits close to the national mark.