Cloth Market is the major attraction of the city and houses 900-1000 wholesale shops. Here one can buy variety of cloth items such as hand-loom, silk & saris, suiting & shirting and various types of dress material. The market is closed on Thursdays.
Ambala is also referred as the city of scientific instruments like glass apparatus, microscopes, laboratory equipment etc. One can easily find the needed instrument in this city, which contributes to 34% of the total production of scientific instruments.