Mexican Economic Development Inc. FMX

What this company does

FEMSA operates in the beverage industry through Coca-Cola FEMSA, a franchise bottler of Coca-Cola trademark products, and in the retail industry through four divisions: Proximity Americas, operating the OXXO small-format store chain in Mexico, Latin America and the U.S. and gas stations in the U.S.; Proximity Europe, operating small-format retail and foodvenience chains in Europe; Fuel, operating the OXXO Gas chain of retail service stations; and Health, which includes pharmacy services locations. Coca-Cola FEMSA produces and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages, offering a portfolio of brands to approximately 268 million consumers each day. With more than 90,200 employees, it markets and sells approximately 4.2 billion unit cases per year through approximately 2.1 million points of sale, and Coca-Cola FEMSA operates 55 bottling plants and 256 distribution centers. Coca-Cola FEMSA holds territories in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, and also operates in Venezuela through its investment in Coca-Cola FEMSA de Venezuela, S.A. The Proximity Americas Division ran 24,297 OXXO stores in Mexico, 597 OXXO stores in Colombia, 236 stores in Chile, 217 stores in Peru and 240 stores in the U.S. as of December 31, 2025. Through Spin, the company builds digital solutions to address the financial needs of its customers and business partners, within an ecosystem centered on OXXO Mexico. FEMSA traces its origins to the establishment of Mexico's first brewery, Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc, S.A., which was established in 1890. The company was incorporated under the laws of Mexico on May 30, 1936 for a duration of 99 years, and is organized as a sociedad anonima bursatil de capital variable.

Written from the business description in Mexican Economic Development, Inc.'s annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 24 April 2026. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.