An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Gorakhpur has 24,946 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,01,052, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 6% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 76% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Gorakhpur, which ranks 23 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.5%. The district has 90,362 registered service enterprises.