An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Cuttack has 30,709 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,08,076, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Cuttack, which ranks 4 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.3%. The district has 86,975 registered service enterprises.