An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Kachchh has 25,213 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,56,455, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 89,348 registered service enterprises.