An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Dhar has 15,399 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,12,915, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.9%. The district has 59,049 registered service enterprises.