An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Hoshiarpur has 13,592 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,63,205, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 3%. The district has 55,682 registered service enterprises.