A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Ernakulam has 36,853 manufacturing MSMEs. 71.8% 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.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 12% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 98% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ernakulam, which ranks 1 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 66.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 12.4% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,65,037.