A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Saharanpur has 36,300 manufacturing MSMEs. 34.2% 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 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. Only 50% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Saharanpur, which ranks 21 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.3 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.8%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,36,109, it sits close to the national mark.