Overview
- IMSS reported 1,015,100 registros patronales in June 2026, down 889 from May and 2.5% below June 2025, marking eight consecutive monthly drops.
- The IMSS warns that registros patronales are administrative identifiers that can be opened, changed or closed without a business shutting down, so part of the fall follows a records cleanup.
- Sonora lost 1,688 registered employers year‑over‑year with the biggest cuts among firms that employ one to five people and in services, commerce and construction.
- Formal job creation in the first half of 2026 totaled 262,628 posts with 174,047 for men and 88,581 for women, a gap of about 68 women for every 100 men in IMSS affiliation.
- Business leaders say high labor and operating costs are pressuring MIPYMES to shrink payrolls and that monitors should track both registros and direct employment to separate administrative purges from real job losses.