An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Gwalior has 23,950 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹95,347, behind 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 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 61% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gwalior, which ranks 3 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.7%. The district has 81,426 registered service enterprises.