A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Krishnagiri has 35,705 manufacturing MSMEs. 42.5% 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.
70% of registered enterprises are in services while 30% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 87% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Krishnagiri, which ranks 8 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,74,042.