A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Mandi has 6,141 manufacturing MSMEs. 72.5% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 86% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Mandi, which ranks 7 of 12 in Himachal Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.2 out of 100. It trails the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹80,353. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1%, it sits close to the national mark.