A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Haridwar has 19,876 manufacturing MSMEs. 38.3% 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.
78% of registered enterprises are in services while 22% are in manufacturing. Only 7% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Haridwar, which ranks 9 of 13 in Uttarakhand 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 7.1% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹2,16,496.