An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Thrissur has 29,789 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,80,931, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
72% of registered enterprises are in services while 28% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 91% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Thrissur, which ranks 8 of 15 in Kerala for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.1%. The district has 75,833 registered service enterprises.