A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Surat has 2,74,106 manufacturing MSMEs. 93.1% 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.
53% of registered enterprises are in services while 47% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Surat, which ranks 6 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 10.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,15,736.