Industry Group (5414)
2025-Q3: $809B MX, Gross Domestic Product
DENUE May 2026: 6,914, Economic units
Jan-Sep 2024: US$2.26M, Foreign Direct Investment
2026-Q1 : $7.38k MX, Average Monthly Salary
2026-Q1 : 123k, Workforce
2026-Q1 : 35.4%, Female Workforce
2026-Q1: 39.8, Average Age
In the third quarter of 2025 the gross domestic product was $809B MX, 1.62% more than the previous quarter.
According DENUE 2026, Specialized Design Services registered 6,914 economic units. The states with the highest number of economic units were Estado de México (670), Ciudad de México (597), and Jalisco (542).
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, total gross production was $6.84B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($2.18B MX) and Nuevo León ($675M MX).
For its part, total income reached $6.95B MX in 2019, being the states with the highest income Ciudad de México ($2.27B MX) and Nuevo León ($675M MX).
Economic activities are related if they require similar knowledge or inputs. In 2014 in Specialized Design Services the states with the highest affinity were Nuevo León (0.76), Chihuahua (0.75), Coahuila de Zaragoza (0.72), Baja California (0.7), and Sonora (0.7).
During the first quarter of 2026 in Specialized Design Services the workforce was 123k people, 64.6% men and 35.4% women. In addition, the average monthly salary informed was $7.38k MX.
During the same period, occupations with the highest number of workers in Specialized Design Services were Photographers, Auxiliary Equipment and Technical Recording and Playback, and Directors and Managers in Communication and Telecommunications.
At the state level, the occupied population of Specialized Design Services was concentrated in List Estado de México,Ciudad de México,Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave.
The average age of workers in Specialized Design Services in the first quarter of 2026 was 39.8 years. In the same period, the average schooling of the workforce of Specialized Design Services, was 13 years.
Average Monthly Salary 2026-Q1: $7.38k MX
Working population 2026-Q1: 123k
In the first quarter of 2026, the workforce in Specialized Design Services it was of 123k people, 64.6% men with a reported average monthly salary of $6.97k MX and 35.4% women with a salary of $8.12k MX.
Of the total employed population, 28% of the total workforce were formal workers with an average monthly salary of $10.8k MX, while he 72% corresponds to informal workers with an average salary of $6.07k MX.
In the first quarter of 2026 the occupations with the highest number of workers were Photographers, Auxiliary Equipment and Technical Recording and Playback, and Directors and Managers in Communication and Telecommunications.
At the state level, the workforce of Specialized Design Services was concentrated on Estado de México, Ciudad de México, and Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave.
Gross domestic product 2025-Q3: $809B MX
Gross Domestic Product 2024: $728B MX
* Data displayed corresponds to the sector Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services since the information at lower levels of disaggregation is not available.
In the third quarter of 2025, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services recorded a gross domestic product of $809B MX, evidencing an increase of 1.62% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 12.6% compared to the same period of the previous year.
* Current values, at current prices, base year 2013. Excludes taxes on products.
According to data from the Economic Census 2019, 4,862 economic units were totaled in Specialized Design Services, highlighting Ciudad de México (592), Jalisco (447), and Estado de México (437).
Total gross production was $6.84B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($2.18B MX) and Nuevo León ($675M MX).
Total income reached $6.95B MX in 2019, being the states with the highest income Ciudad de México ($2.27B MX) and Nuevo León ($675M MX).
* It is recommended to consider the values as approximations of the real value because some records have been anonymized due to confidentiality principles.
According to dato from Economic Census 2014, Specialized Design Services had a total of 5,271 economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of economic units were Guadalajara (423), Cuauhtémoc (408), and León (279)
Total income eached $7.61B MX and the municipalities with the highest income were Naucalpan de Juárez ($1.72B MX), Álvaro Obregón ($682M MX), and Miguel Hidalgo ($517M MX).
Total expenditures were $5.01B MX and the municipalities with the highest expenditures were Naucalpan de Juárez ($1.22B MX), Álvaro Obregón ($482M MX), and Zapopan ($313M MX).
On the other hand, in 2014 there were 21756 employees dependent on economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of employees were Naucalpan de Juárez (1.77k), Guadalajara (1.68k), and Puebla (1.66k).
* Any inconsistency between the data at the state and municipal level is due to the anonymization methodologies applied to the data, also municipalities not shown in the visualization have been anonymized.
The visualization shows the number of economic units in Specialized Design Services according to the number of employees.
According to DENUE data published in May 2026, 6,599 companies with 0 to 10 employees were registered (76 companies more than the previous period). In the same period, 296 companies with 11 to 50 employees were registered (26 companies more than the previous period).
12 companies with 51 to 100 employees were registered in 2026 (1 companies more than the previous period). Likewise, 7 companies with more than 101 employees were registered (3 companies more than the previous period).
Source National Statistical Directory of Economic Units (DENUE)
In the period January to September 2024, FDI from Specialized Design Services was US$2.26M, distributed in inter-company debts (Confidential), equity Capital (Confidential), and reinvestment of earnings (US$0).
Since January 1999 to September 2024, the accumulated amount of FDI in Specialized Design Services was -US$36.4M, distributed in equity Capital (US$48.5M), reinvestment of earnings (US$15.8M), and inter-company debts (-US$101M).
* Confidential data is not shown in the chart (see information icon in the section).
Period Jan-Sep 2024: US$0
Period Jan-1999 to Sep-2024: US$29.4M, 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 (US$29.4M), Coahuila de Zaragoza (US$4.64M), and Querétaro (Confidential).
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Periodo Jan-Sep 2024: ---, US$0
Main investing country between Jan-1999 and Sep-2024: Spain, US$5.68M
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), Hong Kong (Confidential), and Colombia (Confidential).
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As of May 2021, the states with the highest degree of specialization in Specialized Design Services were Ciudad de México (1.37). 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 Specialized Design Services according to Relatedness were Sonora (0.7), Tamaulipas (0.5), and Zacatecas (0.39). 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).
Average Age 2026-Q1: 39.8
Average Years of Schooling 2026-Q1: 13
The visualization shows the workforce of Specialized Design Services by age group and years of schooling, comparing men and women.
In the first quarter of 2026 in Specialized Design Services the average age for women was 40.4 years and the average schooling was 13.5 years.
The average age of men in the Specialized Design Services workforce was 39.4 years, while the average schooling was 12.6 years during first quarter of 2026.
* The visualization omits the range of schooling "Not Specified".