An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Daman has 2,503 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,05,960, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 6,341 registered service enterprises.