A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Ludhiana has 97,239 manufacturing MSMEs. 45.1% 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.
66% of registered enterprises are in services while 34% are in manufacturing. Only 11% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 99% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ludhiana, which ranks 2 of 23 in Punjab for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 11.4% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,11,723.