A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Purnia has 17,057 manufacturing MSMEs. 41.1% 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 41% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Purnia, which ranks 33 of 38 in Bihar for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,59,397.