A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Udupi has 12,904 manufacturing MSMEs. 61.9% 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 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 96% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Udupi, which ranks 6 of 31 in Karnataka for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.3%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,32,910, it sits close to the national mark.