A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
25.1% of Fatehgarh Sahib's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 7,993 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
77% of registered enterprises are in services while 23% are in manufacturing. Only 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Fatehgarh Sahib, which ranks 4 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹4,87,759 and formal-sector jobs at 15.7%.