An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Rajkot has 1,16,836 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,83,028, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 1,63,826 registered service enterprises.