Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Thiruvananthapuram has 30,888 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,21,264, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Thiruvananthapuram, which ranks 5 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.6%. The district has 1,01,038 registered service enterprises.
Mandated services and how to locate the MSME-DFO in Thiruvananthapuram are in the Thiruvananthapuram district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Thiruvananthapuram youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.