An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Baramulla has 15,322 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,50,439, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Baramulla, which ranks 8 of 20 in Jammu and Kashmir for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.6%. The district has 35,887 registered service enterprises.