A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Hamirpur has 2,745 manufacturing MSMEs. 66.1% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 99% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hamirpur, which ranks 4 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,76,380. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.2%, it sits close to the national mark.