A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Rayagada has 4,732 manufacturing MSMEs. 69.6% 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.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 73% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Rayagada, which ranks 5 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 48.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.8% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,06,075.