How many manufacturers are there in Nuevo León?

Testigo holds 17,163 manufacturing plants in Nuevo León, read from DENUE, published by INEGI, edition 2026-05-20. That is 3% of the 655,218 loaded for Mexico. Nuevo León ranks 12 of 32 by number of plants. The count changes when a new edition is loaded.

Where in Nuevo León are the plants?

The registry names 50 places in Nuevo León. The largest are Monterrey (5,203), Guadalupe (2,070) and Apodaca (1,735). A place is the registry's own second-level unit, such as a municipality. It is not a metropolitan area, so a city that spans several of them is split across rows.

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Manufacturers in Nuevo León, Mexico

Testigo holds 17,163 manufacturing plants in Nuevo León, Mexico, from DENUE (INEGI), edition 2026-05-20. That is 3% of the 655,218 loaded for the country. The largest activities are ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing (1,902), corn tortilla making and nixtamal milling (1,696) and machine shops: machining of metal parts for machinery and equipment (1,130). Monterrey has the most plants (5,203).

Plants on the record: 17,163
Share of Mexico: 3%
Activities: 269
With a website on record: 17%; 2,844 of 17,163

Edition: 2026-05-20; DENUE, INEGI
By staff size: 251 or more staff 577
51 to 250 staff 1,051
11 to 50 staff 2,189
Up to 10 staff 13,346

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What plants in Nuevo León make

The 15 largest of 269 activities, by the registry's own codes. Each links to the same activity across the country.

Activity	Plants	Share
Ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing SCIAN 332320	1,902	11%
Corn tortilla making and nixtamal milling SCIAN 311830	1,696	10%
Machine shops: machining of metal parts for machinery and equipment SCIAN 332710	1,130	7%
Retail and traditional bakeries SCIAN 311812	1,066	6%
Printing of continuous forms and other commercial printing SCIAN 323119	981	6%
Furniture manufacturing, except fitted kitchens, modular bathroom and office furniture SCIAN 337120	763	4%
Traditional wheat flour tortilla making SCIAN 311813	747	4%
Wood products for construction (millwork, doors, windows) SCIAN 321910	738	4%
Ice cream and ice pop manufacturing SCIAN 311520	379	2%
Fabricated structural metal manufacturing SCIAN 332310	296	2%
Custom tailoring and made-to-measure apparel SCIAN 315225	281	2%
Paperboard container and box manufacturing SCIAN 322210	263	2%
Fitted kitchen and modular bathroom furniture manufacturing SCIAN 337110	238	1%
Wood packaging and container manufacturing SCIAN 321920	233	1%
Cut and sew uniform manufacturing SCIAN 315223	207	1%

Where they are in Nuevo León

The 10 places with the most plants, of 50 the registry names. Place names are the registry's own.

Place	Plants	Share
Monterrey	5,203	30%
Guadalupe	2,070	12%
Apodaca	1,735	10%
General Escobedo	1,314	8%
San Nicolás de los Garza	1,136	7%
Santa Catarina	1,045	6%
Juárez	831	5%
García	658	4%
San Pedro Garza García	299	2%
Linares	269	2%

By sector

Plants in Nuevo León by ISIC division, the international grouping of manufacturing. Each sector links to its activities in the country.

1,628 plants in Nuevo León have 51 or more staff on the registry.

Questions about this list

How many manufacturers are there in Nuevo León?: Testigo holds 17,163 manufacturing plants in Nuevo León, read from DENUE, published by INEGI, edition 2026-05-20. That is 3% of the 655,218 loaded for Mexico. Nuevo León ranks 12 of 32 by number of plants. The count changes when a new edition is loaded.
What do manufacturers in Nuevo León make?: The registry records 269 manufacturing activities in Nuevo León. The largest are ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing (1,902), corn tortilla making and nixtamal milling (1,696) and machine shops: machining of metal parts for machinery and equipment (1,130). The table on this page gives the largest activities with their counts, and each one links to the same activity across Mexico.
Where in Nuevo León are the plants?: The registry names 50 places in Nuevo León. The largest are Monterrey (5,203), Guadalupe (2,070) and Apodaca (1,735). A place is the registry's own second-level unit, such as a municipality. It is not a metropolitan area, so a city that spans several of them is split across rows.

Source and licence

Source: DENUE
Publisher: INEGI
Edition: 2026-05-20
Licence: INEGI terms of free use: reuse allowed, including commercial use, with the credit “Fuente: INEGI, DENUE”.

Data file generated: 2026-10-12

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