An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Sundargarh has 10,461 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,16,201, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 9.6%. The district has 50,178 registered service enterprises.