Mexico’s national economy supports a strong and growing tech sector that makes the country a global destination for business. With favorable trade agreements, a GDP of over $1.8 trillion and a workforce of more than 60 million people, the country is an attractive Latin American outpost for multinational corporations. Enterprises from Japan, France, Germany, the United States and Canada are heavily invested in Mexico, and this list covers some of the leaders to watch.
Multinational Companies in Mexico
- Mondelez International
- Samsara
- DHL
- Getty Images
- Collins Aerospace
Top Multinational Companies in Mexico
AlertMedia provides a SaaS platform for emergency communications that can alert employees to urgent safety concerns like weather events, natural disasters, disease outbreaks or political unrest. The company is headquartered in New York City and has an office in Mexico City, where it grew to 40 employees in its first year.
DHL is a shipping and logistics company. Founded in the United States and headquartered in Bonn, Germany, the company operates in more than 220 countries and territories and maintains a Latin American operations hub in Mexico City. DHL provides freight services across land, sea and air routes alongside supply chain management solutions.
Collins Aerospace is an American multinational aerospace company that works across the aviation, space exploration and defense sectors. It engineers and manufactures aircraft and components for leading airlines and aviation firms. The company also offers technology products for air traffic management, airport optimization and space exploration. Its Mexicali manufacturing facility is purpose-built for composite manufacturing and metal fabrication.
Cisco Meraki is a U.S.-headquartered multinational IT company. It specializes in enabling complex enterprise IT systems that are managed via cloud technology. The company prioritizes a cloud-first approach across its operations, with the goal of providing maximum visibility to its users. Its Mexico operations are focused on cloud-managed connectivity, cybersecurity and endpoint management.
HERE Technologies is a location technology provider that supports automotive and logistics applications. Its solutions serve use cases such as automated driving and route mapping for electric vehicle charging. Through its mapping tools, HERE offers geospatial data insights that cover more than 200 countries and territories.
The business intelligence firm Morningstar offers investment research materials, including processed data and research reports. Within that holistic framework, the company offers niche expertise in “sustainalytics,” which focuses on assessing sustainability, and in advanced asset allocation research. It offers a market-specific stock index that focuses solely on Mexican stocks and has a regional office in Mexico City.
Headquartered in the Chicago area, Mondelez International is a food and beverage manufacturer with global operations that encompass everything from technology to product development and distribution. The company is known for producing regionally specific product lines. Its Mexican business operations doubled with the acquisition of confectionary brand Ricolino, and the company invested millions in building a large cookie plant in Monterrey.
Qualtrics is a software company that makes tools for experience management. These solutions can apply to customer, employee and market populations, and they allow organizations to access insights that can help guide business strategy. Its Latin American hub is in Mexico City, where Qualtrics has employees working across sales and marketing, operations, product development and finance.
Samsara is an IoT company that builds tools for monitoring performance across heavy machinery and fleet vehicles. This industrial connectivity work focuses on supporting field conditions in construction, logistics and other industries with complex operational demands. Samsara’s IoT network includes more than 1.5 million deployed devices.
Getty Images is a media company that provides visual assets on a global scale. It is best known as a leading provider of stock photography and works with a vast network of independent artists and photojournalists. Getty’s library of images, videos and music is available for use under a licensing model and includes over 477 million unique assets.
Pangea Money Transfer provides a digital remittance platform that allows users to transfer money quickly, affordably and securely from the U.S. to countries across Asia, Latin America and beyond. Mexico is one of its largest markets, making its Mexico City office key to its cross-border team and local partnerships.
General Motors is one of the founding companies in the modern American automotive industry. Its current operations are diversified across manufacturing, technology and financial services, with a holistic focus on mobility innovation. GM is the the parent company responsible for the GMC, Chevrolet, Buick and Cadillac brands.
