Recently TeliaSonera has offered to the community to lay fiber optic cables for access to high speed internet services with 1000 mbs capable lines to each of the homes, which has been accepted by over 50% of the homeowners.

The village also is home to an ICA Nara grocery store, a library open a few days a week, and a hardware and gardening machine (mowers, trimmers, etc.)

The woodworking company Elfverson & Co., which used to manufacture wooden bobbins (used in sewing machines and thread) and the Kalmartrissan yo-yo, is located in Påryd.

It is also the home of the Påryd Lantcafe, a quaint, small restaurant that serves dishes that are a fusion of traditional Swedish meals with some international flavors mixed in, all concocted by it' creative chef, Christian.

Besides Påryd, the district includes the localities of Billsäng, Bossmåla, Grötsjö, Harstensbo, Harstensbomåla, Hundshyltan, Hylkebo, Idehult, Kanagärde, Kättilhult, Mjödehult, Sävjö, Skärvsjö, Starbäck, Stenskallehult, Toragärde, Träkniv, Ugglebo, Vänsjö and Vörehult.