An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Howrah has 48,093 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,23,943, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
63% of registered enterprises are in services while 37% are in manufacturing. Only 8% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 68% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Howrah, which ranks 2 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 52.2 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 7.7%. The district has 81,244 registered service enterprises.