A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Chikkamagaluru has 7,915 manufacturing MSMEs. 52.6% 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Chikkamagaluru, which ranks 17 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,39,175, it sits close to the national mark.