An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Saharanpur has 36,300 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,36,109, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 86,017 registered service enterprises.