A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Katni has 5,399 manufacturing MSMEs. 46.4% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 56% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Katni, which ranks 22 of 55 in Madhya Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 44 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.4%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹77,082.