craftsmen and Artisans of Malayer work in different fields but most of them are engaged in couch and woodwork so that in this city either in the town or villages (e.g. Dahano Avarzman, Jokar and…) More than 4,500 small and large workshops are qualified by the office and in this workshops more than 8,200 people directly and about 25,000 people indirectly are employed, of which more than 1,400 People have been insured over the last few years.
For this reason, the registration of the city of Malayer under the name of the Iran’s National City of Woodwork was started in September 2106 in the presence of Mr. Soltanifar, current president of the Organization. And by initiation the case of Malayer and other cities, and after specialized reviews, at 18/4/2017, based on evaluations and judgments and approvals of the Strategic Council for selection of national cities and villages, Malayer has been registered as the Iran’s national city of woodwork, which is a very important event and a great work of the organization, that is in line with branding and supporting of producing and employment and resistance economics.

There is an industrial zone in Malayer called Khoshe, which is the center of couch and woodworking and a large number (about 75) major workshops operating in this zone. (Malayer is the only city that has a specialized zone for couch and woodwork). Every year, about 60 to 70 thousand works are produced, accounting for more than 80 percent of the country's production. Most of them exported to the countries of Central Asia, Persian Gulf, Turkey, Iraq, and Tehran and other cities of the country.The largest couch market is in the 32 meters of Motahari consists of about 200 small and large exhibitions for residents and buyers.
Malayer is registered due to the large amount of investment, shopping and sales in the city, the number of workshops, hand-crafted works without machines, the presence of the couch market and etc.