An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Ernakulam has 36,853 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,65,037, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 1,11,829 registered service enterprises.