text: The town is a major hub for coach building, with a major share of bus coaches being built here locally. About 2000 units are engaged in making High-density polyethylene (HDPE) mono filament yarn and associated products. TNPL promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu is located near Karur and is one of the largest producers of paper in India. Bharat Petroleum operates a pipeline from Kochi to Karur for transporting petroleum products. The petroleum products received at the terminal in Athur is transported to other districts of Tamil Nadu through tanker trucks. Chettinad Group operates a wet process cement plant at Puliyur near Karur.
  Transport
  The corporation maintains  of roads including  concrete roads,  gravel roads and  bituminous road. A total of  of state highways is maintained by the State Highways Department and  of national highways by the national highways department. There are two national highways namely the NH 44 and NH 67 that pass via Karur. Karur bus stand is located near the center of the town. The State Express Transport Corporation operates long-distance buses to other cities. Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation operates city and moffusil busses from Karur to other parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring states. Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation and Kerala State Road Transport Corporation also operates few buses to and from Karur.
  Karur Junction railway station (station code - KRR) is one of the railway junctions under the Salem division of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways network. It has five active Platforms and forms the intersection between Erode-Tiruchirapalli and Salem-Karur lines. The nearest airport is the Tiruchirapalli International Airport, located  away.
  Education
  There are 10 government schools including four primary schools, four middle schools and two higher secondary schools. There are several institutes of higher education in the town. Karur medical college was established in 2019.