Overview
- The Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad’s Índice de Competitividad Urbana 2026 places Hermosillo third in the category for cities with more than one million inhabitants, behind Querétaro and Guadalajara and ahead of Saltillo, Monterrey, Mérida and Mexico City.
- The ICU score is based on multiple dimensions that measure a city's capacity for growth, including productivity, infrastructure, innovation, the labor market, security, government performance and quality of life.
- Óscar Gastélum Donnadieu of the municipal economic development agency (AMDE) and city officials credited the result to coordinated efforts by the municipal government, the productive sector, educational institutions and civil society under Mayor Antonio Astiazarán.
- Coverage notes that Hermosillo’s population sits near the one‑million threshold, which is relevant because the published ranking groups cities with more than one million residents.
- Municipal leaders say they will use the ranking to market Hermosillo to companies and investors with the aim of attracting projects and specialized workers, a move they say could expand job creation and local economic opportunities.