An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Dehradun has 20,237 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹3,87,993, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 1,06,169 registered service enterprises.