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Business Support Services

Industry Group (5614)

 2025-Q3: $319B MX, Gross Domestic Product

DENUE May 2026: 34,118, Economic units

Jan-Sep 2024: US$467k, Foreign Direct Investment

2026-Q1 : $8.19k MX, Average Monthly Salary

2026-Q1 : 1.2M, Workforce

2026-Q1 : 20.5%, Female Workforce

2026-Q1: 42.1, Average Age

In the third quarter of 2025 the gross domestic product was $319B MX, 1.13% less than the previous quarter.

According DENUE 2026, Business Support Services registered 34,118 economic units. The states with the highest number of economic units were Estado de México (6,929), Ciudad de México (3,211), and Puebla (2,429).

According to data from the Economic Census 2019, total gross production was $46.6B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($15B MX) and Baja California ($4.1B MX).

For its part, total income reached $47.3B MX in 2019, being the states with the highest income Ciudad de México ($15.2B MX) and Baja California ($4.21B MX).

Economic activities are related if they require similar knowledge or inputs. In 2014 in Business Support Services the states with the highest affinity were Ciudad de México (0.51), Querétaro (0.5), Nuevo León (0.49), Chihuahua (0.48), and Coahuila de Zaragoza (0.48).

During the first quarter of 2026 in Business Support Services the workforce was 1.2M people, 79.5% men and 20.5% women. In addition, the average monthly salary informed was $8.19k MX.

During the same period, occupations with the highest number of workers in Business Support Services were Security Guards Establishments, Support Workers in Various Administrative Activities, and Analysts and Software Developers and Multimedia.

At the state level, the occupied population of Business Support Services was concentrated in List Estado de México,Ciudad de México,Guanajuato.

The average age of workers in Business Support Services in the first quarter of 2026 was 42.1 years. In the same period, the average schooling of the workforce of Business Support Services, was 11.2 years.

Salaries and Workforce

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Average Monthly Salary 2026-Q1: $8.19k MX

Working population 2026-Q1: 1.2M

In the first quarter of 2026, the workforce in Business Support Services it was of 1.2M people, 79.5% men with a reported average monthly salary of $8.05k MX and 20.5% women with a salary of $8.72k MX.

Of the total employed population, 86.6% of the total workforce were formal workers with an average monthly salary of $8.17k MX, while he 13.4% corresponds to informal workers with an average salary of $8.31k MX.

Salaries and Workforce by Occupations and States

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In the first quarter of 2026 the occupations with the highest number of workers were Security Guards Establishments, Support Workers in Various Administrative Activities, and Analysts and Software Developers and Multimedia.

At the state level, the workforce of Business Support Services was concentrated on Estado de México, Ciudad de México, and Guanajuato.

Gross Domestic Product

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Gross domestic product 2025-Q3: $319B MX

Gross Domestic Product 2024: $271B MX

* Data displayed corresponds to the sector Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services since the information at lower levels of disaggregation is not available.

In the third quarter of 2025, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services recorded a gross domestic product of $319B MX, evidencing a drop of 1.13% compared to the previous quarter and an increase of 14.2% compared to the same period of the previous year.

* Current values, at current prices, base year 2013. Excludes taxes on products.

Production Indicators by State

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According to data from the Economic Census 2019,  52,222 economic units were totaled in Business Support Services, highlighting Estado de México (10,322), Ciudad de México (4,884), and Puebla (3,769).

Total gross production was $46.6B MX. The states with the highest total gross production were Ciudad de México ($15B MX) and Baja California ($4.1B MX).

Total income reached $47.3B MX in 2019, being the states with the highest income Ciudad de México ($15.2B MX) and Baja California ($4.21B MX).

* It is recommended to consider the values as approximations of the real value because some records have been anonymized due to confidentiality principles.

Production Indicators by Municipality

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According to dato from Economic Census 2014, Business Support Services had a total of 148,617 economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of economic units were Iztapalapa (4.27k), Puebla (3.8k), and Ecatepec de Morelos (3.79k)

Total income eached $57.9B MX and the municipalities with the highest income were Cuauhtémoc ($7.81B MX), Benito Juárez ($4.19B MX), and Tijuana ($3.6B MX).

Total expenditures were $27.2B MX and the municipalities with the highest expenditures were Benito Juárez ($2.84B MX), Cuauhtémoc ($2.46B MX), and Miguel Hidalgo ($2.02B MX).

On the other hand, in 2014 there were 426462 employees dependent on economic units and the municipalities with the highest number of employees were Cuauhtémoc (48k), Tijuana (20.5k), and Zapopan (14.3k).

* 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.

Economic Units

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The visualization shows the number of economic units in Business Support Services according to the number of employees.

According to DENUE data published in May 2026, 33,329 companies with 0 to 10 employees were registered (161 companies more than the previous period). In the same period, 569 companies with 11 to 50 employees were registered (59 companies more than the previous period).

32 companies with 51 to 100 employees were registered in 2026 (8 companies less than the previous period). Likewise, 188 companies with more than 101 employees were registered (3 companies more than the previous period).

Source National Statistical Directory of Economic Units (DENUE)

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

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  • US$467k, FDI Jan-Sep 2024
  • US$202M, FDI Jan-1999 to Sep-2024

In the period January to September 2024, FDI from Business Support Services was US$467k, distributed in reinvestment of earnings (US$2.21M), equity Capital (Confidential), and inter-company debts (-US$1.74M).

Since January 1999 to September 2024, the accumulated amount of FDI in Business Support Services was US$202M, distributed in equity Capital (US$132M), reinvestment of earnings (US$40.8M), and inter-company debts (US$28.8M).

* Confidential data is not shown in the chart (see information icon in the section).

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by State

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Period Jan-Sep 2024: US$0

Period Jan-1999 to Sep-2024: US$117M, Mexico City 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 Mexico City (US$117M), Nuevo León (US$62M), and Jalisco (US$17.9M).

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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Origin

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Periodo Jan-Sep 2024: ---, US$0

Main investing country between Jan-1999 and Sep-2024: United States, US$102M

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), Spain (Confidential), and Colombia (Confidential).

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Specialization and Opportunity

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As of May 2021, the states with the highest degree of specialization in Business Support Services were Estado de México (1.56), Hidalgo (1.43), and Chiapas (1.35). 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 Business Support Services according to Relatedness were Querétaro (0.5), Nuevo León (0.49), and Chihuahua (0.48). 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).

Workforce by Schooling Years, Age Range and Gender

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Average Age 2026-Q1: 42.1

Average Years of Schooling 2026-Q1: 11.2

The visualization shows the workforce of Business Support Services by age group and years of schooling, comparing men and women.

In the first quarter of 2026 in Business Support Services the average age for women was 38.2 years and the average schooling was 11.7 years.

The average age of men in the Business Support Services workforce was 43.1 years, while the average schooling was 11.1 years during first quarter of 2026.

* The visualization omits the range of schooling "Not Specified".