An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Haridwar has 19,876 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹2,16,496, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 68,948 registered service enterprises.