A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kachchh has 25,213 manufacturing MSMEs. 57% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 13% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 51% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kachchh, which ranks 14 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.3 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 12.6%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,56,455, it sits close to the national mark.