A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dakshina Kannada has 21,982 manufacturing MSMEs. 61.3% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dakshina Kannada, which ranks 2 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 56.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,28,866.