An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Banaskantha has 21,446 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,56,029, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 58,882 registered service enterprises.