An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Nabarangpur has 3,748 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,12,370, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Nabarangpur, which ranks 29 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 39.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.2%. The district has 15,848 registered service enterprises.