A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Sambalpur has 7,079 manufacturing MSMEs. 51.3% 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.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 79% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sambalpur, which ranks 7 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.6 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.9%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,01,530.