A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Balasore has 22,834 manufacturing MSMEs. 45.3% 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.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 77% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Balasore, which ranks 18 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 43.7 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.9%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,37,559, it sits close to the national mark.