The revenues of wholesale and retail commercial companies in Mexico registered a mixed behavior in June 2026, with decreases at a monthly rate, but with annual increases, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi) .
Based on the Monthly Survey on Commercial Enterprises (EMEC), which reports on the current economic behavior of the main variables of domestic trade in the country, real income from the supply of goods and services by wholesale commercial enterprises decreased by 1.2% on a monthly basis in the sixth month of the year.
The number of people employed in this segment decreased by 0.8%, while average wages increased by 0.4% in June 2026 compared to last May.
On an annual basis, wholesale businesses saw a 12.9% increase in revenue. They also registered a 0.9% decrease in employment and a 1.5% increase in average real wages.
Meanwhile, retail trade saw a monthly decline of 0.2% in its revenues and a negative variation of 0.7% in the workforce, although average real wages showed a monthly increase of 0.1 percent.
In June 2026, retail businesses reported a 2% annual increase in their income from the supply of goods and services —the amount obtained from production, marketing or service provision activities—, while the number of employees fell by 0.4% and wages increased by 5.2% year-on-year.
By subsector, wholesale trade, agricultural and forestry raw materials for industry, and waste materials showed the best performance in terms of income from supplies, with a positive variation of 22.4% compared to June 2025. This was followed by pharmaceutical products, perfumery, leisure items, small household appliances and white goods with an annual increase of 15.8%.
Conversely, textiles and footwear was the activity with the largest drop in the cycle, with an annual decline of 5.7 percent.
The subsector with the highest revenue in retail was exclusively through the internet and printed catalogs, television, and similar channels, at 23.2 percent. Self-service and department stores saw the largest decrease, with an annual decline of 2.3 percent.
One factor that influenced the behavior of the Mexican commercial sector last June was the World Cup, which, although it did generate an economic impact on trade and consumption in the country, did not represent a sustained or generalized boost.
According to the Confederation of National Chambers of Commerce, Services and Tourism (Concanaco-Servytur) , the economic impact did not reach the 65 billion pesos (mdp) expected during the development of the world game, and would have remained between 45 and 50 billion pesos, of which 15 billion pesos would be for additional consumption by Mexican households, destined for food, beverages, entertainment and convenience products.
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