A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Rajkot has 1,16,836 manufacturing MSMEs. 63.8% 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.
58% of registered enterprises are in services while 42% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 66% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rajkot, which ranks 8 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 11% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,83,028.