A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Karnal has 24,128 manufacturing MSMEs. 47.9% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Karnal, which ranks 11 of 22 in Haryana for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,15,310.