A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Narmada has 1,558 manufacturing MSMEs. 66.7% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 47% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Narmada, which ranks 26 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,09,877. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1%, it sits close to the national mark.