A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Valsad has 18,412 manufacturing MSMEs. 30.9% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Valsad, which ranks 1 of 33 in Gujarat for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 10.9%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,35,907, it sits close to the national mark.