A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kolar has 12,182 manufacturing MSMEs. 60.3% 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 60% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kolar, which ranks 7 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,93,049.