A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Hoshiarpur has 13,592 manufacturing MSMEs. 46.7% 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 82% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Hoshiarpur, which ranks 9 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.3 out of 100. The district runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,63,205, while it lags on employment in small and medium enterprises at 3%.