44/100BFomento Economico Mexicano SAB DE CV company profile
- CEO
- Jose Antonio Fernandez Garza-Laguera
- Employees
- 368,776
- Headquarters
- General Anaya Nº 601 Pte., Monterrey, NL 64410, MX
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Beverages - Non-Alcoholic
- IPO date
- 11 May 1998
- Stock exchange
- NYSE
- ISIN
- US3444191064
Website:femsa.com
About the company
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA) is a diverse multinational enterprise. Its operations include acting as a key bottler, marketer, and distributor of Coca-Cola trademark beverages across a wide territory encompassing Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. Furthermore, FEMSA is a significant player in the retail sector, managing 20,431 OXXO convenience stores in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil as of December 31, 2021. The company also operates 567 OXXO GAS service stations in Mexico, which supply fuels, motor oils, lubricants, and car care items. Its pharmaceutical retail division comprises 3,652 drugstores operating under names such as Cruz Verde, Fybeca, SanaSana, YZA, La Moderna, and Farmacon in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. In addition to these core activities, FEMSA is involved in the manufacturing of chillers, commercial refrigeration equipment, plastic containers, and specialized food processing and weighing machinery. It also offers comprehensive logistic transportation, distribution, and maintenance services, point-of-sale refrigeration solutions, plastic solutions, and runs a distribution platform for cleaning products and various consumables. Established in 1890, the company is headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico.
Employees
Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB DE CV had about 368,776 employees at the end of fiscal year 2025 (31 December 2025), by its annual report. That is 5.2% fewer than a year before.
Employees at each fiscal year end, as the company reports them in its annual report (10-K); revenue and net income per employee are the fiscal year's over that count.
Who owns Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB DE CV
Institutions such as funds, banks and insurers held 19.3% of Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB DE CV's shares on 30 June 2026, 352 of them reporting holdings to the SEC; the rest is held by individual investors and other shareholders.
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Common questions about Fomento Economico Mexicano SAB DE CV
Source: Financial Modeling Prep