Economic uncertainty is the main concern among Mexican business, as revealed by the most recent edition of the 2025-I Business Expectations Survey, prepared by iPade Business School of the Pan American University.
According to the study, 36.5% of business leaders consider this factor as the biggest challenge they currently face, which represents an increase of 11 percentage points compared to the previous edition of the survey.
The survey, which collects the perception of 1,421 entrepreneurs graduated from the IPADE senior management programs, also highlights other foci of concern: insecurity (23.9%), political uncertainty (19.1%) and legal uncertainty (17.2%).
This last aspect has gained relevance to recent judicial and fiscal reforms, which, according to respondents, have raised the perception of risk with respect to the rule of law and public investment.
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In addition, 39.3% of entrepreneurs consider that it is a good time to invest, an advance of 2.5 percentage points compared to the previous measurement. In particular, the southwest of the country is emerging as a key region, with 60% entrepreneurs trusting their investment possibilities.
“The rebound of expectations is a clear sign that we are at a turning point. The business has prosecuted uncertainty, the changes in the environment; he has integrated them to his risk analysis and is ready to move forward with strategic decisions,” said Professor Alberto Ibarra Garza, professor of the IPADE decisions analysis area, according to a statement.
Optimism in the national environment is in which entrepreneurs put less confidence in
qualify it with 5.9 of 10, compared to optimism in their companies (7.5) and staff
(7.7) that remains the highest.
The survey also indicated that despite the fact that national optimism continues lagged, the average
General rose 0.21 points with respect to the previous semester, which for ipade academics
Business School is a stabilization signal.
The survey also shows that 70% of companies reported sales in sales during 2024, despite the climate of uncertainty.
By 2025, expectations are even higher: 77% anticipate increases in their sales, being 50.2% moderate (between 0% and 10%), while 25.1% expect growth between 10 and 50% and only 1.7% foresee an increase greater than 50%.
“What characterizes Mexican business is their ability to adapt. We are facing a structural, non -conjunctural change, and these types of exercises help make informed decisions,” said Professor Antonio Casanueva, director of the IPADE senior management programs.
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The study took into account 523 companies from different sectors, highlighting manufacturing (17.7%), professional services (13.2%), wholesale trade (9.2%), finance and insurance (8.6%) and construction. By size, the sample was divided into 31.3% large companies, 26.4% medium, 23.1% small and 19.2% microenterprises.
The survey was conducted between February 17 and March 14.
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