A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Nainital has 8,280 manufacturing MSMEs. 47.1% 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.
82% of registered enterprises are in services while 18% 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 Nainital, which ranks 1 of 13 in Uttarakhand for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 54.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.4% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,99,477.