A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Banaskantha has 21,446 manufacturing MSMEs. 26.7% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Banaskantha, which ranks 31 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.4%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,56,029, it sits close to the national mark.