An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Dhanbad has 14,950 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,49,157, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 67,296 registered service enterprises.