A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Daman has 2,503 manufacturing MSMEs. 50% 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.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 26% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 33% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Daman, which ranks 1 of 3 in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 25.7% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,05,960.