Pillar: Opportunity Infrastructure
Hoshiarpur has 55,682 service-sector MSMEs. The district's service-sector gross value added per worker is ₹1,63,205, better than the typical district. The Incubation and Startup Centre is where the next wave of this service enterprise base gets built.
80% of registered enterprises are in services while 20% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 62% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12). Only 38% of ITI trainers are certified.
In Hoshiarpur, which ranks 12 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.8 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on bank branches per lakh people at 23.2. On credit going to productive use at 58.1%, it sits close to the national mark.
Mandated services and how to locate the Incubation / Startup Centre in Hoshiarpur are in the Hoshiarpur district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). See the Hoshiarpur youth opportunity scorecard for the full district picture.