A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Alipurduar has 6,280 manufacturing MSMEs. 22.9% 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.
81% of registered enterprises are in services while 19% are in manufacturing. Only 3% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 81% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Alipurduar, which ranks 8 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.5 out of 100. It trails the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 2.9% and value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,23,115.