A planned zone of factories and workshops, developed by the state industrial corporation on subsidised land.
9.1% of Ghaziabad's workforce works in small and medium enterprises, better than the typical district. The district has 58,892 manufacturing MSMEs. The Industrial Estate provides the plotted land and shared infrastructure this manufacturing base runs on.
74% of registered enterprises are in services while 26% are in manufacturing. Only 9% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 71% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Ghaziabad, which ranks 2 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 57.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,65,522 and formal-sector jobs at 34.3%.