An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Theni has 16,505 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,69,606, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 4% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 75% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Theni, which ranks 32 of 38 in Tamil Nadu for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 47.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 3.8%. The district has 50,514 registered service enterprises.