An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Lucknow has 47,946 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,95,114, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 80% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Lucknow, which ranks 3 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 53.6 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7%. The district has 2,14,660 registered service enterprises.