The performance of the commercial sector in Mexico had mixed results during October 2025, according to the results of the Monthly Survey on Commercial Enterprises (EMEC) , which revealed a decline in wholesale trade and an advance in retail trade at a monthly and annual rate
According to the survey, prepared by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) , income from the supply of goods and services in wholesale trade showed a monthly decrease of 1.8 percent .
The number of people employed in that sector rose 0.3%, while average wages increased 1.6% on a monthly basis in the tenth month of the year.
The retail sector saw a 0.4% increase in revenue . It also experienced a 0.1% increase in its workforce, as well as a 1.1% rise in average real wages on a monthly basis.
On an annual basis, wholesale trade experienced a 0.8% slowdown in total revenue. They also recorded a 0.4% increase in employment and a 1.4% rise in average real wages.
In October 2025, retail businesses reported a 3.5% year-on-year increase in their income from the supply of goods and services; the number of employees rose by 1.1% and average real wages grew by 5.1% year-on-year.
During the reference period, most wholesale sectors and subsectors showed a decline in supply revenues compared to October 2024
The truck sector and the new parts and accessories sector for cars, vans, and trucks saw the largest decline at 12.1 percent. This was followed by wholesale trade intermediation with a 6.2 percent drop, and textiles and footwear with a 4.9 percent decrease.
Conversely, the sectors and subsectors with the highest income in retail trade were exclusively through the internet and printed catalogs, television and similar channels with 20.5%; health care items with 14.4%; and household goods, computers, interior decoration items and used items with an annual increase of 10.6%.
The low demand for goods and services has resulted in mixed results for wholesale and retail trade, in addition to inflation that points to an upward end to the year, since last October it stood at 3.57% annually and climbed to 3.80% in November at an annual rate.
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