An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Jalpaiguri has 10,866 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,44,530, close to the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
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%. The district has 49,688 registered service enterprises.