An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Davangere has 15,036 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,53,414, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 78% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Davangere, which ranks 15 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.5%. The district has 52,847 registered service enterprises.