An Overview of The IT Industry in Mexico City

by Dan Irascu

An Overview of The IT Industry in Mexico City

 

Mexico City is not only the capital of Mexico and its largest city, but also the biggest city in North America with about 9 Mln people, which is a part of the huge Mexico City metro area with around 22 Mln people.

While the city has its challenges, it’s set to become one of Latin America's leading tech hubs by offering an attractive environment for IT professionals and businesses to grow.

A lot of multinational tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Intel, Oracle, Lyft and more, have a local presence in Mexico City, employing lots of skilled tech workers. 

According to CodersLink, there are about 45K new tech graduates each year from the city’s most prestigious universities such as ITESM, Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana and more than 500K software developers working in the city.

Mexico City is home to about 250 startups and also 2 unicorns (companies valued at more than $1B) which are Kavak - an online marketplace for buying/selling used cars and Bitso - a cryptocurrency trading app.

The city has a strategic geographical location, making it the gateway for tech businesses in Latin America.

Over 250 IT companies from Mexico City are registered on TechBehemoths platform. They are specialized in a broad range of services and have teams with various levels of expertise in specific industries.

If you’re looking to hire a tech company from this city, you might find it challenging to select the right one for your business needs. Hence, we developed an advanced filter to ease the selection process and shortlist the matching companies.

Alternatively, you can submit your project requirements and we’ll send you a list of curated tech companies to consider. This service is free and there is no obligation to hire.

Dan Irascu

Head of Marketing

Researching, analyzing, and writing insightful stuff is what I do for a long time now at Mobiteam. At TechBehemoths, I put all my experience and knowledge work for IT companies and businesses and help them reach each other.