An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Porbandar has 3,956 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,64,073, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 46% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Porbandar, which ranks 16 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.6%. The district has 16,455 registered service enterprises.