The invention relates to industrial devices and particularly relates to a light and small industrial vehicle. According to the technical scheme, the light and small industrial vehicle comprises a driving wheel, a handle and a driving mechanism capable of changing rotation of the handle into rotation of the driving wheel. The driving mechanism comprises a racket wheel, a pawl, a pulling plate, a pressing rod and a triggering mechanism, wherein the racket wheel is provided with teeth and can drive the driving wheel to rotate, the pawl can be meshed with the teeth, the pulling plate is used for installing the pawl and can serve as a follow-up object of the racket wheel when the pawl is meshed with the teeth, the pressing rod is used for changing rotation of the handle into rotation of the pulling plate, and the triggering mechanism is used for controlling the pawl to be separated from or meshed with the racket wheel. The light and small industrial vehicle changes the rotation of the handle into the rotation of the driving wheel by adopting a racket wheel and pawl matched mode, and accordingly an operator can drag or push a carrier in an energy-saving mode.