Social Assistance
Subsector (624)
2025-Q3: $941B MX, Gross Domestic Product
DENUE N/A: 35,580, Economic units
Jan-Sep 2024: Confidential, Foreign Direct Investment
In the third quarter of 2025 the gross domestic product was $941B MX, 1.72% more than the previous quarter.
According DENUE N/A, Social Assistance registered 35,580 economic units. The states with the highest number of economic units were Estado de México (4,330), Ciudad de México (3,174), and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (2,126).
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, total gross production was $9.75B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($1.1B MX) and Jalisco ($780M MX).
Economic activities are related if they require similar knowledge or inputs. In 2014 in Social Assistance the states with the highest affinity were Sonora (0.81), Chihuahua (0.75), Baja California Sur (0.71), Sinaloa (0.7), and Colima (0.7).
Production
#permalink to sectionGross Domestic Product
#permalink to sectionGross domestic product 2025-Q3: $941B MX
Gross Domestic Product 2024: $837B MX
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In the third quarter of 2025, Health Care and Social Assistance recorded a gross domestic product of $941B MX, evidencing an increase of 1.72% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 10% compared to the same period of the previous year.
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Production Indicators by State
#permalink to sectionTotal gross production was $9.75B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($1.1B MX) and Jalisco ($780M MX).
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Economic Units
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the number of economic units in Social Assistance according to the number of employees.
According to DENUE data published in N/A, N/A companies with 0 to 10 employees were registered (equal number of companies as the previous period). In the same period, N/A companies with 11 to 50 employees were registered (equal number of companies as the previous period).
N/A companies with 51 to 100 employees were registered in N/A (equal number of companies as the previous period). Likewise, N/A companies with more than 101 employees were registered (equal number of companies as the previous period).
Source National Statistical Directory of Economic Units (DENUE)
Investment
#permalink to sectionForeign Direct Investment (FDI)
#permalink to section- Confidential, FDI Jan-Sep 2024
- US$604k, FDI Jan-1999 to Sep-2024
In the period January to September 2024, FDI from Social Assistance was Confidential, distributed in inter-company debts (US$0), reinvestment of earnings (US$0), and equity Capital (Confidential).
Since January 1999 to September 2024, the accumulated amount of FDI in Social Assistance was US$604k, distributed in inter-company debts (Confidential), equity Capital (US$169k), and reinvestment of earnings (US$0).
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by State
#permalink to sectionPeriod Jan-Sep 2024: US$0
Period Jan-1999 to Sep-2024: Confidential, Nuevo León is the main receiving state
No FDI is recorded in the period January to September, 2024
Historically (from January 1999 to September2024) the states that have received the highest FDI are Nuevo León (Confidential), Baja California Sur (Confidential), and Mexico City (US$56k).
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Origin
#permalink to sectionPeriodo Jan-Sep 2024: ---, US$0
Main investing country between Jan-1999 and Sep-2024: Canada, US$439k
No FDI is recorded in the period January to September of 2024.
Historically (from January 1999 to September de 2024) the countries that contributed the most to FDI were United States (Confidential).
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Specialization and Opportunity
#permalink to sectionAs of May 2021, the states with the highest degree of specialization in Social Assistance were Durango (1.47), Chihuahua (1.47), and Zacatecas (1.4). The degree of specialization is measured using the RCA index, which represents the ratio between the observed and expected establishments of each state for each industry.
The states with the highest degree of development opportunity in Social Assistance according to Relatedness were Nuevo León (0.68), Querétaro (0.65), and San Luis Potosí (0.61). The Relatedness measures the distance between an industry and the current industrial composition in each state. The presented entities register a level of specialization lower than one unit (RCA <1).
Financing
#permalink to sectionAccess to Financing
#permalink to sectionAccording to data from the Economic Census 2019, the distribution of economic units according to size that had access to financing was 6.48% units with up to 10 people, 5.84% units with 11 to 50 people, and 20.9% units with 51 to 250 people.
According to the age of the economic units, the distribution of those that obtained financing was 8.12% of the recently created (up to 2 years) units, 7.13% of the youth (3 to 5 years) units, 7.15% of the adults (6 to 10 years) units, and 5.41% of the seniors (over 10 years) units.
The states with the highest percentage of economic units that received financing were Baja California Sur (14.2%), Tamaulipas (13.5%), Tlaxcala (13%), Colima (12.9%), and Nuevo León (11.8%).
Sources and Uses of Financing
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the percentage of economic units according to size or age according to the sources of financing or the uses they gave to the financing received.
In the chart, each level corresponds to a size or age of the company depending on the option selected in the upper button. The darker the box, the higher the percentage of economic units that are in that category.
Access to Bank Account and Credit
#permalink to sectionAccording to data from the Economic Census 2019, the distribution of economic units that had a bank account was N/A.
The states with the highest percentage of economic units that had a bank account were N/A.
The same information can be viewed for the economic units that had bank credit by changing the option selected in the upper button.
Reasons for not Having Credit or Bank Account
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the percentage of economic units classified by size according to reasons for not having a bank account or credit.
In the chart, each level corresponds to a company size, the darker the box, the greater the percentage of economic units that are in that category. The categories represent the reasons why the companies did not have a bank account or credit, depending on the option selected in the upper button.
Information Technologies
#permalink to sectionInternet Usage by State
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the percentage distribution of the economic units in the Social Assistance subsector that had internet services.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the states with the highest percentage of economic units that had internet services were Querétaro (38.6%), Nuevo León (36.2%), Chihuahua (32.2%), Baja California (29.7%), and Tamaulipas (29.1%).
Availability of Internet Service and Computing
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the distribution of companies that had internet services or computer services according to the size or age of the economic units, depending on the options selected in the upper buttons.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the Social Assistance subsector had 18% of economic units that had internet services and 20.4% of economic units that had computer services. The disaggregation by size or age of the units can be analyzed in the visualization.
Internet Use in Companies
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows where the economic units are concentrated depending on the use they make of the internet, according to the size or age of the company.
According to the size of the company, the economic units of 51 to 250 people that use the internet in business management (84.9%) stand out in percentage terms.
According to the age of the company, youth (3 to 5 years) economic units that use the internet for search information for goods or services (85%) stand out.
Business Management
#permalink to sectionInternet Purchases and Sales
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the distribution of purchases and sales over the Internet and the distribution of monetary transactions according to the medium used in the transaction and the size of the companies.
According to data from the 2019 Economic Census, internet sales reached $756M MX and purchases were $303M MX. On the other hand, sales made in monetary transactions were $9.73B MX and purchases reached $3.77B MX.
Problems faced by economic units
#permalink to sectionThe chart shows the main problems faced by economic units. With the upper selector it is possible to analyze the problems affecting companies according to their size. By default, the problems of economic units with up to 10 people are shown.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the main problems faced by the economic units of Social Assistance with up to 10 workers are another problems (31.8%), public insecurity (23.2%), high expenses in service payments (16.1%), and low demand for goods or services (6.81%).
Accounting System
#permalink to sectionAccording to data from the Economic Census 2019, the distribution of economic units that had an accounting system was 40.8% units with up to 10 people, 49.5% units with 11 to 50 people, and 97.6% units with 51 to 250 people.
The states with the highest percentage of economic units that had an accounting system were Querétaro (59.4%), Chihuahua (57.2%), Nuevo León (56.2%), Baja California (54.4%), and Baja California Sur (53.7%).
Expenditure and Income Control Mechanisms
#permalink to sectionThe chart shows the percentage of companies by size that used different mechanisms to control expenses and income in their operations.
Science, Innovation and Technology
#permalink to sectionInnovation in Large Companies in Recent Years
#permalink to sectionThe visualizations shows the percentage distribution of the large economic units of the private and parastatal sector of Social Assistance with innovation activities in at least one year between 2016 and 2018.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the states with the highest percentage of large economic units with innovation activities in 2016, 2017 or 2018 were Baja California Sur (66.7%), Durango (50%), Hidalgo (33.3%), Sinaloa (26.7%), and Puebla (25%).
Innovation Activities in 2018
#permalink to sectionAccording to data from the Economic Census 2019, 8.67% of the large economic units of the private and parastatal sector of Social Assistance had innovation activities in 2018.
Of the total staff employed in large economic units, 5.12% was employed in product innovation activities, 3.51% in process innovation, 1.39% in market innovation, 3.73% in organizational innovation, and 3% in innovation for technological adaptation and documentation.
Qualified staff in Innovation Activities
#permalink to sectionThe visualization shows the distribution of large economic units of the private and parastatal sector of Social Assistance that employed qualified staff in technological research and development activities in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, the lowercase Social Assistance Subsector had 19 economic units that had qualified staff in technological research and development activities, 3 economic units had it for research and technological development in the field of Biotechnology and 2 economic units for research and technological development in Nanotechnology.
In the same year, 0 economic units had qualified personnel in the registration or processing of patents for brands, products or processes, and 0 economic units had this type of staff to contracts or acquisition of patents for brands, products or processes.