A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dhar has 15,399 manufacturing MSMEs. 67.8% 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.
79% of registered enterprises are in services while 21% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 49% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dhar, which ranks 49 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 40.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.9%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,12,915.