A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Coimbatore has 98,826 manufacturing MSMEs. 45.8% 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.
68% of registered enterprises are in services while 32% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Coimbatore, which ranks 5 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.7 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 8.9% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,37,465.