An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Indore has 64,182 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,73,613, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 2,05,393 registered service enterprises.