A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Kanyakumari has 33,843 manufacturing MSMEs. 49.8% 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.
69% of registered enterprises are in services while 31% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 92% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kanyakumari, which ranks 6 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 55 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,62,612. On employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.1%, it sits close to the national mark.