A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dhamtari has 4,960 manufacturing MSMEs. 58% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 63% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhamtari, which ranks 9 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.5%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,01,466.