An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Varanasi has 70,821 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,05,605, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
60% of registered enterprises are in services while 40% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Varanasi, which ranks 8 of 75 in Uttar Pradesh for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 49.1 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.8%. The district has 1,06,561 registered service enterprises.