Data study ·
One in three large Mexican companies hopes to increase headcount thanks to AI: Banxico survey
Original title, in Spanish: “Una de cada 3 grandes empresas mexicanas espera aumentar su plantilla con IA: Encuesta de Banxico”
- Publication
- El Economista (México) (Mexico)
- Author
- Rodrigo Riquelme
- Published on
- 21 September 2026 · read in the page structured data · updated on 21 September 2026
Summary
According to the Bank of Mexico's (Banxico) Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Económica Regional (EMAER), 48.5% of Mexican establishments with more than 100 employees used at least one AI technology in June 2026, up from 24.3% in September 2025. Among companies planning to use AI within three years, 32.6% expect headcount to increase, while 20.5% plan reductions. Currently, 67.5% of companies using AI report no significant change in employment. On productivity, 60.2% expect a positive effect within three years, compared with 39.1% who see one today. Adoption varies widely by size: 69.9% for companies with more than 1,000 employees, against 43.7% for those with 101 to 250 employees. The article compares these results with an international study (Firm Data on AI) conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, where expectations of productivity gains and job reductions are more modest.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
Read the article on El Economista (México) →Figures cited
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32.6 %
Share of large Mexican companies expecting AI to increase their headcount within 3 years
Mexican companies with more than 100 employees planning to use AI, Banxico survey, June 2026
« El 32.6% de las empresas mexicanas de más de 100 trabajadores que prevé utilizar inteligencia artificial durante los próximos tres años espera que esta tecnología aumente su número de empleados. »
Source: Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Económica Regional (EMAER), Banxico
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20.5 %
Share of companies expecting AI to reduce headcount
Mexican companies with more than 100 employees, Banxico survey, June 2026
« Otro 46.8% anticipa que su plantilla permanecerá sin cambios significativos y 20.5% calcula una reducción, de acuerdo con la Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Económica Regional (EMAER) del Banco de México (Banxico). »
Source: Encuesta Mensual de Actividad Económica Regional (EMAER), Banxico
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67.5 %
Share of AI-using companies that saw no significant change in employment over the past 3 years
Mexican companies using AI, Banxico survey
« El 67.5% de las empresas que ya utiliza inteligencia artificial dijo que durante los tres años anteriores la tecnología no produjo un cambio significativo en el número de trabajadores. »
Source: Banxico
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60.2 %
Share of companies expecting a positive effect on productivity within 3 years
Mexican companies using AI, Banxico survey
« Para los próximos tres años, la proporción que anticipa un efecto positivo sube a 60.2 por ciento. »
Source: Banxico
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48.5 %
Share of Mexican establishments with more than 100 employees using at least one AI technology in June 2026
Mexican establishments with more than 100 employees, June 2026
« En junio de 2026, 48.5% de los establecimientos de más de 100 trabajadores declaró utilizar al menos una tecnología de IA. »
Source: Banxico
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24.3 %
Share of establishments using AI in September 2025
Mexican establishments with more than 100 employees, September 2025
« El levantamiento anterior de Banxico, realizado en septiembre de 2025, encontró que 24.3% de las empresas utilizaba inteligencia artificial o planeaba incorporarla durante los siguientes 12 meses. »
Source: Banxico
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69.9 %
AI adoption rate among companies with more than 1,000 employees
Mexican companies with more than 1,000 employees
« La adopción actual alcanza 69.9% entre las compañías con más de 1,000 trabajadores y baja a 43.7% entre aquellas con 101 a 250 empleados. »
Source: Banxico
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1.4 %
Average productivity gain expected from AI within 3 years
Companies in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia, Firm Data on AI study
« El documento encontró que las empresas de esos países esperan que la inteligencia artificial aumente su productividad promedio 1.4% durante los próximos tres años y reduzca el empleo 0.7 por ciento. »
Source: Firm Data on AI
Classification
- Country
- Mexico, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia
- Company size
- Large companies, Mid-sized companies
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Industry and manufacturing
- Companies
- Pew Research Center (cited), Banco de México (Banxico) (study author)
- Keywords
- AI adoption, employment, productivity, Mexico, Banxico survey, large companies
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to El Economista (México) and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.