Doing Business in Mexico 2009

Subnational Data

Select a city Acapulco Aguascalientes Campeche Cancún (Benito Juarez) Celaya Ciudad de México Ciudad Juárez Coatzacoalcos Colima Cuernavaca Culiacán Durango Guadalajara Hermosillo La Paz Matamoros Mérida Monterrey Morelia Pachuca Puebla Querétaro Salina Cruz San Luis Potosí Tepic Tijuana Tlalnepantla Tlaxcala Torreón Tuxtla Gutiérrez Villahermosa (Centro) Zacatecas

Select a topic Starting a Business Dealing with Construction Permits Registering Property Enforcing Contracts

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Author: Subnational Doing Business
Note: The report is in Spanish

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Overview

Doing Business in Mexico 2009 compares business regulations across 31 Mexican states and the Federal District in 4 key areas: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and enforcing contracts. Doing Business in Mexico 2009 is the third subnational report for the country but the first carried out by a local think tank, the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness—with the Foreign Investment Advisory Service in an advisory role. The report’s findings suggest that Mexican cities can improve business regulation by adopting good practices already in place elsewhere in the country.

Main Findings

• The report found that 28 out of 31 cities implemented a total of 40 reforms in the areas measured by Doing Business in Mexico.
• Reforms produced tangible results, such as reducing the average time to open a business from 36 to 24 days and to register a property from 47 to 38 days, respectively.
• Time to enforce a contract across the cities varied significantly despite identical federal legislation: 248 days in Zacatecas and 560 days in Quintana Roo.