An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Sambalpur has 7,079 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,01,530, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.9%. The district has 28,609 registered service enterprises.