A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Ahmedabad has 1,80,853 manufacturing MSMEs. 48.8% 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ahmedabad, which ranks 2 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 12.9% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,65,298.