The entities with the most sales of ‘The 500’ register the highest levels of contribution to the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP): Mexico City contributes with 15.8%, while the State of Mexico participated with 9.1%, followed by Nuevo León, with 8%, and Jalisco, with 7.3%.
It is no coincidence that companies have their headquarters in these states, among the factors they seek is an environment where their sales are potentiated through greater infrastructure, high levels of education, public safety, regulatory improvements and access to air, rail and land transportation. .
“Decision makers in Mexico need tools to identify the areas in which action must be taken to raise the quality of life, promote a healthy business environment, and promote sustainable development in the 32 entities of the country,” said the Institute. Mexican for Competitiveness (IMCO) in its 2022 State Competitiveness Index (ICE).
After the large state economies are, in the participation of ‘The 500’, the states of Sinaloa, with 2%; Puebla, with 1.2%; Coahuila, with 1%, and Guanajuato, with 0.9%.
By region, in the center of the country (CDMX, Edomex, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla and Querétaro) 70.2% of sales were accumulated, while in the north (Baja California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Sonora and Tamaulipas ) was 21.1%.
In the center-north (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Colima, Durango, Jalisco, Michoacán, Nayarit, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa and Zacatecas) it concentrated 7.5% and only 1.2% went to the south (Campeche, Quintana Roo, Veracruz and Yucatan).