StateDENUE · 2026-05-20

Manufacturers in Sonora, Mexico

Testigo holds 12,992 manufacturing plants in Sonora, Mexico, from DENUE (INEGI), edition 2026-05-20. That is 2% of the 655,218 loaded for the country. The largest activities are traditional wheat flour tortilla making (2,540), ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing (1,438) and retail and traditional bakeries (1,226). Hermosillo has the most plants (4,270).

Plants on the record
12,992
Share of Mexico
2%
Activities
221
With a website on record
5%
643 of 12,992

All 12,992 plants, with the phones and emails the registry publishes

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Edition
DENUE, INEGI
By staff size
  • 251 or more staff 165
  • 51 to 250 staff 279
  • 11 to 50 staff 553
  • Up to 10 staff 11,995
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What plants in Sonora make

The 15 largest of 221 activities, by the registry's own codes. Each links to the same activity across the country.

ActivityPlantsShare
Traditional wheat flour tortilla making SCIAN 3118132,540 20%
Ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing SCIAN 3323201,438 11%
Retail and traditional bakeries SCIAN 3118121,226 9%
Water purification and bottling SCIAN 3121121,029 8%
Corn tortilla making and nixtamal milling SCIAN 311830821 6%
Wood products for construction (millwork, doors, windows) SCIAN 321910576 4%
Printing of continuous forms and other commercial printing SCIAN 323119428 3%
Furniture manufacturing, except fitted kitchens, modular bathroom and office furniture SCIAN 337120388 3%
Custom tailoring and made-to-measure apparel SCIAN 315225296 2%
Non-refractory brick manufacturing SCIAN 327121286 2%
Fitted kitchen and modular bathroom furniture manufacturing SCIAN 337110278 2%
Machine shops: machining of metal parts for machinery and equipment SCIAN 332710220 2%
Ice cream and ice pop manufacturing SCIAN 311520213 2%
Sausage and other prepared meat manufacturing SCIAN 311613169 1%
Dairy product and cultured dairy manufacturing SCIAN 311513151 1%

Where they are in Sonora

The 10 places with the most plants, of 70 the registry names. Place names are the registry's own.

PlacePlantsShare
Hermosillo4,270 33%
Cajeme2,302 18%
Nogales809 6%
Navojoa796 6%
San Luis Río Colorado692 5%
Guaymas626 5%
Agua Prieta373 3%
Puerto Peñasco323 2%
Huatabampo301 2%
Caborca283 2%

By sector

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

444 plants in Sonora have 51 or more staff on the registry.

Questions about this list

How many manufacturers are there in Sonora?
Testigo holds 12,992 manufacturing plants in Sonora, read from DENUE, published by INEGI, edition 2026-05-20. That is 2% of the 655,218 loaded for Mexico. Sonora ranks 15 of 32 by number of plants. The count changes when a new edition is loaded.
What do manufacturers in Sonora make?
The registry records 221 manufacturing activities in Sonora. The largest are traditional wheat flour tortilla making (2,540), ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing (1,438) and retail and traditional bakeries (1,226). The table on this page gives the largest activities with their counts, and each one links to the same activity across Mexico.
Where in Sonora are the plants?
The registry names 70 places in Sonora. The largest are Hermosillo (4,270), Cajeme (2,302) and Nogales (809). 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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Source and licence

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

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