A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Dehradun has 20,237 manufacturing MSMEs. 63.2% 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.
84% of registered enterprises are in services while 16% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 100% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Dehradun, which ranks 5 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.8% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹3,87,993.