A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Puri has 20,952 manufacturing MSMEs. 36.1% 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.
73% of registered enterprises are in services while 27% are in manufacturing. Only 2% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Puri, which ranks 6 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.4 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 1.6% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,18,014.