Pillar: Economic Participation
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.
What the CFC under SFURTI is required to do, who runs it and how to find one are in the CFC under SFURTI reference. For Coimbatore specifically, see the Coimbatore district course and the English reference guide (Hindi). The Coimbatore youth opportunity scorecard carries the full district picture.