An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Kolkata has 49,362 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹1,88,863, better than the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 25% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 72% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Kolkata, which ranks 1 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 60.4 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 25.1%. The district has 1,46,348 registered service enterprises.