A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Patna has 45,615 manufacturing MSMEs. 34.5% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 43% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Patna, which ranks 1 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.3% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,67,263.