StatisticsDENUE · 2026-05-20

How many manufacturers are there in Mexico?

DENUE, published by INEGI, lists 656,617 manufacturing establishments in Mexico in its 2026-05-20 edition. Testigo holds 655,218 of them, under the load rule stated on this page. State of Mexico has the most, with 75,774 (12%).

39,790 have 11 or more staff and 14,361 have 51 or more.

What is loaded Establishments of every size. Left out: rows with no name, and units with 10 or fewer staff named only after a person.

Rows in DENUE
656,617
Plants loaded
655,218
States
32
Edition
DENUE, INEGI

Manufacturers in Mexico by state

Plants loaded, by the state the registry names. Share is of all 655,218.

StatePlantsShare
State of Mexico75,774 12%
Puebla60,554 9%
Oaxaca58,085 9%
Michoacán40,486 6%
Jalisco37,563 6%
Guanajuato34,808 5%
Guerrero33,371 5%
Veracruz32,864 5%
Ciudad de México32,219 5%
Yucatán28,972 4%
Chiapas26,462 4%
Nuevo León17,163 3%
Hidalgo16,560 3%
Tlaxcala15,165 2%
Sonora12,992 2%
Sinaloa12,613 2%
San Luis Potosí11,321 2%
Coahuila10,978 2%
Tamaulipas10,254 2%
Morelos9,938 2%
Chihuahua9,854 2%
Tabasco9,166 1%
Baja California9,103 1%
Querétaro8,904 1%
Zacatecas6,750 1%
Aguascalientes6,411 1%
Durango6,338 1%
Nayarit6,133 1%
Campeche4,350 1%
Quintana Roo3,537 1%
Colima3,268 <1%
Baja California Sur3,262 <1%

Manufacturers in Mexico by sector

ISIC divisions, the international grouping of manufacturing activities.

SectorsPlantsShare
Food products 10232,344 35%
Fabricated metal products 2578,978 12%
Textiles 1365,305 10%
Clothing 1445,913 7%
Wood products 1638,545 6%
Glass, cement and ceramics 2336,130 6%
Beverages 1134,190 5%
Furniture 3132,543 5%
Other manufacturing 3220,877 3%
Printing 1820,810 3%
Leather and footwear 1513,582 2%
Paper and paper products 178,649 1%
Rubber and plastics 227,506 1%
Chemicals 206,332 1%
Machinery and equipment 284,241 1%
Motor vehicles and parts 293,417 1%
Basic metals 241,716 <1%
Electrical equipment 271,335 <1%
Electronics and optics 26995 <1%
Pharmaceuticals 21959 <1%
Other transport equipment 30451 <1%
Coke and refined petroleum 19345 <1%
Tobacco products 1255 <1%

Size and contacts on the record

DENUE records the staff of a row, on the rows where it gives a size. The bands are the registry's own.

A contact count says the registry holds the field. It does not say the value still works.

  • 251 or more staff5,092 · 1%
  • 51 to 250 staff9,267 · 1%
  • 11 to 50 staff25,414 · 4%
  • Up to 10 staff615,445 · 94%
  • Phone270,308 · 41%
  • Email72,678 · 11%
  • Website24,863 · 4%
  • Coordinates655,218 · 100%

Largest manufacturing activities in Mexico

The 25 largest of 293 activity codes. Each links to its page in the directory.

ActivityPlantsShare
Corn tortilla making and nixtamal milling SCIAN 311830112,014 17%
Retail and traditional bakeries SCIAN 31181266,932 10%
Ornamental and architectural metalwork (ironwork) manufacturing SCIAN 33232061,244 9%
Sewing, embroidery and drawn-thread work of textile products SCIAN 31499131,176 5%
Water purification and bottling SCIAN 31211231,047 5%
Wood products for construction (millwork, doors, windows) SCIAN 32191027,043 4%
Furniture manufacturing, except fitted kitchens, modular bathroom and office furniture SCIAN 33712026,671 4%
Printing of continuous forms and other commercial printing SCIAN 32311919,949 3%
Preparation and spinning of hard natural fibers SCIAN 31311115,183 2%
Custom tailoring and made-to-measure apparel SCIAN 31522515,125 2%
Cut and sew manufacturing of other textile outerwear SCIAN 31522914,833 2%
Ice cream and ice pop manufacturing SCIAN 31152013,756 2%
Net and other cordage product manufacturing SCIAN 31499211,211 2%
Pottery, porcelain and earthenware manufacturing SCIAN 32711110,748 2%
Traditional wheat flour tortilla making SCIAN 3118139,814 1%
Machine shops: machining of metal parts for machinery and equipment SCIAN 3327109,079 1%
Non-refractory brick manufacturing SCIAN 3271218,984 1%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing SCIAN 3399997,411 1%
Snack food manufacturing SCIAN 3119106,537 1%
Other paperboard and paper product manufacturing SCIAN 3222996,025 1%
Cut and sew uniform manufacturing SCIAN 3152235,624 1%
Cement and concrete pipe and block manufacturing SCIAN 3273305,325 1%
Cut stone and quarry stone product manufacturing SCIAN 3279915,002 1%
Dairy product and cultured dairy manufacturing SCIAN 3115134,830 1%
Cut and sew costume and traditional dress manufacturing SCIAN 3152244,200 1%

All activities in Mexico

How these counts are made

Each figure is a count of rows of DENUE, edition 2026-05-20, computed from the same extract that is loaded into the search, with the same row rule.

Nothing is estimated or rounded. A count changes only when INEGI publishes a new edition and it is loaded. Data file generated 2026-10-12.

Methodology

How to cite

Testigo, from INEGI DENUE, edition 2026-05-20. testigomexico.com/statistics/mexico

Licence

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

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Questions about this list

How many manufacturers are there in Mexico?
DENUE, published by INEGI, lists 656,617 manufacturing establishments in Mexico in its 2026-05-20 edition. Testigo holds 655,218 of them, under the load rule stated on this page. 39,790 have 11 or more staff and 14,361 have 51 or more. The figure comes from one edition of one registry, and it changes when INEGI publishes a new one.
Which state of Mexico has the most manufacturers?
State of Mexico has the most, with 75,774, which is 12% of the plants loaded for Mexico. Puebla follows with 60,554 and Oaxaca with 58,085. The table on this page lists every state the registry names, and the CSV file holds the same rows.
Can I download and reuse these counts?
Yes. Each table downloads as a CSV file of counts, with the registry and its edition on every row. Credit Testigo and the publisher of the registry, under the publisher's licence. The files hold no plant, no name and no contact.

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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”.

Data file generated:

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