A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
North Goa has 9,450 manufacturing MSMEs. 35.7% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 89% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In North Goa, which ranks 1 of 2 in Goa for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 65.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.3% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,90,038.