A Common Facility Centre giving traditional craft clusters shared machinery, training, design help, and market access.
Jalpaiguri has 10,866 manufacturing MSMEs. 38.8% 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. 64% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Jalpaiguri, which ranks 7 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 46.9 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 4.7%. On value added per enterprise worker at ₹1,44,530, it sits close to the national mark.