A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Indore has 64,182 manufacturing MSMEs. 54.4% 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.
76% of registered enterprises are in services while 24% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Indore, which ranks 2 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,73,613.