A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Bharuch has 14,552 manufacturing MSMEs. 39.3% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 58% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bharuch, which ranks 7 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 10.8%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,39,933, it sits close to the national mark.