An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Jabalpur has 19,406 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,18,852, 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 57% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jabalpur, which ranks 4 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.3%. The district has 74,747 registered service enterprises.