Mexico in Numbers: All about Oxxo, Mexico’s convenience store giant

“A la vuelta de tu vida.”

Loosely translated, this operation — the slogan of Mexican convenience store concatenation Oxxo — means “On the country of your life.”

That is not overmuch of an exaggeration: Oxxo stores are genuinely ubiquitous successful Mexico.

For bully oregon for bad, I unrecorded straight other 1 successful Mexico City. There is different Oxxo store astir 2 minutes’ locomotion from my beforehand doorway if I privation a small much workout earlier I unfastened my packet of chips oregon caguama.

As a quality outlet focused connected Mexico, Mexico News Daily has people reported rather extensively connected Oxxo.

We’ve written astir “Mexico’s coolest Oxxo“; the past of the concatenation and Mexicans’ “love-hate narration with it; the “Oxxo diet” (that immoderate reputable nutritionist wouldn’t recommend!); the chain’s enlargement to the United States; and Oxxo’s semipermanent plans.

Over the years, Oxxo’s convenience store franchises person go ubiquitous crossed Mexico. (Shutterstock)

The database goes on.

In this “Mexico successful Numbers” article, we’ll instrumentality a look astatine immoderate cardinal Oxxo numbers, including 1 that is the reply to a question you whitethorn person asked yourself oregon idiosyncratic else: Exactly however galore Oxxos are determination successful Mexico?

* The information and accusation successful this article, unless different stated, travel either from the Oxxo website oregon from quarterly results reports published by FEMSA, Oxxo’s genitor company.   

How agelong has Oxxo been successful business? 

The archetypal Oxxo store — created by the Cuauhtémoc Brewery — opened successful the bluish metropolis of Monterrey, Nuevo León, successful 1978. Therefore, Oxxo celebrates its 48th day this year.

There volition nary uncertainty beryllium important celebrations (and promotions) erstwhile Oxxo reaches the half-century milestone successful 2028.

How galore Oxxo stores are there? 

As of March 31, 2026, Oxxo had 24,455 stores successful Mexico, an yearly summation of 3.8%.

Oxxo has stores successful each 32 national entities successful Mexico. In addition, determination are Oxxo stores successful Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

The concatenation has expanded rapidly this century. In 2000, determination were less than 2,000 Oxxo stores, according to the website Latinometrics.

Which states person the astir Oxxos?

At the extremity of 2025, Nuevo León had 2,514 Oxxo stores, much than immoderate different state, according to a study published by the paper El Mañana de Nuevo Laredo.

Four different states had much than 1,000 Oxxo stores astatine the extremity of past year:

• Mexico City: 2,074
• México state: 1,325
• Baja California: 1,144
• Jalisco: 1,075

On average, however galore caller Oxxo stores unfastened per day?

The fig of Oxxo stores successful Mexico accrued by 888 successful the 12 months to March 31, 2026.

Therefore, the fig of Oxxo stores successful Mexico accrued by 2.43 per time successful the period. This accounts for some the opening of caller stores and immoderate closures.

How galore products are disposable successful an Oxxo store?

Oxxo sells “more than 2,500 products successful each stores, ranging from chewing gum to compartment phones,” according to the chain.

What is the sex constitution of the Oxxo workforce?

Have you noticed much women than men moving successful Oxxo stores?

According to the chain, six of each 10 Oxxo workers are women.

How galore employees does Oxxo have?

According to the paper Telediario, Oxxo had much than 320,000 workers successful precocious 2023, making it 1 of Mexico’s largest employers.

Oxxo said successful 2023 that much than 2,800 of its employees were seniors, 900 had a disablement and implicit 600 were refugees oregon immigrants.

How galore radical spell to Oxxo connected a regular basis?

Every day, Oxxo serves much than 13 cardinal customers, according to the chain. In summation to buying snacks, beverages and household items, Oxxo customers tin entree services specified arsenic the withdrawal of currency and outgo of bills.

On average, a lawsuit spent 61.2 (US $3.50) pesos during a sojourn to Oxxo successful the archetypal 4th of 2026, an yearly summation of 6.6%.

How overmuch wealth does Oxxo make?

In the archetypal 4th of 2026, Oxxo México had full gross of 74.24 cardinal pesos (US $4.27 billion), an yearly summation of 8.3%.

Profits successful the aforesaid play were conscionable nether 5.63 cardinal pesos ($323.27 million), an yearly summation of 20.9%.

How adjacent is excessively close?

You’ve astir apt seen Oxxo stores successful adjacent proximity to each other.

But did you cognize that successful the bluish borderline metropolis of Tijuana, 1 Oxxo store sits close connected apical of another?

According to Oxxo, each store serves a antithetic residential country of Tijuana.

The numbers here? Two-in-one.