A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Sundargarh has 10,461 manufacturing MSMEs. 48.6% 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.
83% of registered enterprises are in services while 17% are in manufacturing. Only 10% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 74% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Sundargarh, which ranks 3 of 30 in Odisha for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.8 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6%, while it lags on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,16,201.