A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Korba has 5,189 manufacturing MSMEs. 64% 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.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Korba, which ranks 8 of 33 in Chhattisgarh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.6%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹74,129.