An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Bhopal has 29,419 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,55,133, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Bhopal, which ranks 1 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 6.5%. The district has 1,26,585 registered service enterprises.