An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Jharsuguda has 3,351 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,27,535, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
85% of registered enterprises are in services while 15% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 65% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jharsuguda, which ranks 2 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 51.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.7%. The district has 18,874 registered service enterprises.