An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Akola has 21,907 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,80,924, 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 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Akola, which ranks 28 of 36 in Maharashtra for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.6%. The district has 68,264 registered service enterprises.