A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dhanbad has 14,950 manufacturing MSMEs. 60.4% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhanbad, which ranks 5 of 24 in Jharkhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,49,157, it sits close to the national mark.