Overview
- The latest Data Coparmex report, based on surveys of 3,850 member companies, places investment sentiment near pandemic-era lows.
- Confidence slipped 0.07 percentage points in the first half of 2025 versus a year earlier, with top drags cited as economic uncertainty (26.1%), insecurity (20.4%) and the political context (18.4%).
- Coparmex says extortion is the most damaging crime for businesses, disproportionately hurting micro, small and medium enterprises, while merchandise theft continues to rise.
- More than 70% of extortion occurs by telephone, and roughly 80% of those calls originate from prisons, according to the group.
- The business chamber backs a national cellphone-number registry, harmonized crime definitions and tougher sanctions—including penalties for prison officials—as firms report diverting about 20% of investment to security.