INDUSTRIAL PROFILE
As on 31/12/2021, there are 12871 MSME units in the district with a total investment of Rs. 1276 crore. These units provided employment to 47457 persons. The major industries sector in the district are Agro & Food based, Readymade Garments, Wood based, Footwear, Light Engineering and Paper and Paper Products. There are 7 Public Sector Units in the district.
| Total Units | 25095 |
| Investment | 2132 crore |
| Employment | 73952 |
| Category wise | |
| Micro | 24294 |
| Small | 726 |
| Medium | 12 |
| Large | 2 |
| Sector Wise | |
| Manufacturing | 8281 |
| Service | 10815 |
| Category wise Investment | |
| Land | 331 crore |
| Building | 215 crore |
| Plant & Machinery | 730 crore |
| Employment Category wise | |
| Male | 31436 |
| Female | 16021 |
| Industrial Cooperative Societies | |
| Registered | 100 |
| Working | 18 |
| Dormant | 32 |
| Under Liquidation | 50 |
| Hand Loom Weavers Cooperative Societies | |
| Registered | 35 |
| Working | 28 |
| Dormant | 3 |
| Under Liquidation | 4 |
| Skill Development Multipurpose Industrial Cooperative Society | |
| Registered | 72 |
| Working | 72 |
| No of ED Clubs | 95 |
MAJOR SECTOR WISE LIST OF MSME UNITS
| Sl No. | Category | No of Units |
| 1 | Agro Food Processing | 4904 |
| 2 | Textiles & garments | 3456 |
| 3 | General Engineering | 1792 |
| 4 | Repairing & Service | 2563 |
| 5 | Wood based Units | 1168 |
| 6 | Automobile Works | 867 |
| 7 | Cement Based | 978 |
Major Industries in the district
| Sl No | Units | Products Manufacturing |
| 1 | M/s. Peekay Rolling Mills, Cheruvannur | Steel |
| 2 | M/s. Peekay Steel castings, Nallalam | Steel |
| 3 | M/s.Peekay Roller Flour Mill, Puthiyangadi | Food |
| 4 | M/s. Parisons Agro tech, West Hill | Food |
| 5 | M/s. VKC Polymers, Ramanattukara | Chappell |
| 6 | M/s Uniroyal Marine Products , Vengalam | Marine Products |
| 7 | M/s.Image Graphics, Kacheri | Printing |
| 8 | M/s.Kerala Soaps , Vellayil | Soap |
| 9 | M/s.Minar Ispat, Kuttikkattor | Steel |
| 10 | M/s.Perambra Coconut Producer Company Ltd. | Food |
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Status of Industrial Estates |
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| Industrial Estate | Extend of Land (in cents) | Land Allotted | No. of Plots | No. of units | No. units Working | Land Value (Rs. per cent) | |||||
| DP West Hill | 1263 | 1030 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 3,762 | |||||
| DP Kattippara | 2034 | Under Development | |||||||||
| SIDCO, West Hill | 1244 | 1244 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 45,000 | |||||
| Nallalam DP | 972 | 700 | 46 | 41 | 41 | ||||||
| MIE | Total Area (in cents) | Total No. of Sheds | No. of units working | No. of Dormant units | Vacant Sheds | ||||||
| Under DIC | |||||||||||
| Balussery | 100 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Chathamangalam | 100 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kunnamangalam | 100 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kunnummal | 100 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Naduvannur | 100 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| Payyoli | 100 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Peruvayal | 100 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Unnikulam | 100 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 800 | 100 | 88 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
| Under SIDCO | |||||||||||
| Kadalundi | 100 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Perambra | 100 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Moodadi | 377 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 577 | 54 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||||||