How Jalisco Will Boost Its Economy with Over 4 Billion Pesos

The Government of Jalisco presented the “Jalisco-Style Economic Momentum 2026” strategy, a comprehensive plan mobilizing 4.662 billion pesos to strengthen productive financing, infrastructure, innovation, tourism, and talent development amidst a national economic slowdown. This initiative is based on the state’s economic performance, which has surpassed the national average. While Mexico grew by 0.8% in 2025, Jalisco recorded, as of the third quarter, a growth 14 times higher, according to the Quarterly Indicator of State Economic Activity (ITAEE) from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

Additionally, the state reports:

• Export growth exceeding 53%, eight times the national average.
• One in five patent registrations nationwide.
• A contribution of 13% to the national agri-food GDP.

Strategic Fund of 4 Billion Pesos for Jalisco

Mauro Garza Marín, General Strategic Coordinator of Economic Growth and Development, explained that the budget integrates incentives, investment, financial restructuring, and talent development, prioritizing businesses affected by security incidents that can demonstrate asset damage.

“We are aligning incentives, investment, restructuring, and talent to support this strategy. We will prioritize businesses affected by security incidents,” he stated.

Of the total resources:

• 1.217 billion pesos are allocated to public programs aligned with the strategy.
• 91 million pesos are channeled through the Jalisco Impulse Fund Trust (FIMJA) for liquidity, job preservation, and training.
• 2.304 billion pesos will be invested in educational infrastructure and equipment in 2026.

Productive Financing: PROJAL Activates Schemes

The Jalisco Development Financing Promoter (PROJAL) will implement:

• 50 million pesos in direct loans, with amounts ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 pesos.
• 1.2 billion pesos in second-floor financing through financial institutions.

Cindy Blanco Ochoa, Secretary of Economic Development, detailed that calls for proposals will be launched offering support of up to 100,000 pesos for SMEs in industry, commerce, and services, allocated for rehabilitation, inventory, payroll, and equipment.

Additionally, support of up to 300,000 pesos will be granted to convenience store chains and pharmacies to preserve employment.

Tourism: Immediate Driver of Reactivation in Jalisco

The tourism sector will receive an additional 25 million pesos for

, event activation, and destination positioning, plus funds from tourism trusts.

Currently, Jalisco reports:

• 34 million annual visitors.
• Over 2 billion dollars in hotel investment.

The strategy aims to leverage this dynamism as a mechanism for immediate economic spillover.

Innovation and Technological Development in Jalisco

The Jalisco Secretariat of Innovation, Science, and Technology (SICyT) will allocate:

• Up to 120 million pesos for scientific and technological projects.
• 509 million pesos in technological educational infrastructure in 2026.

Secretary Fanny Guadalupe Valdivia Márquez emphasized ongoing coordination with public and private universities to ensure academic continuity and strengthen the innovation ecosystem.

Boosting Employment and Formalization in Jalisco

The “Grow Your Business Jalisco-Style” program will provide support ranging from 5,000 to 30,000 pesos to encourage business formalization and growth outside the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.

Ricardo Barbosa Ascensio, head of the Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare, emphasized that formalization provides social security, job stability, and economic well-being.

Agriculture and Agri-food Industry: Support for Women and Youth in Jalisco

The Jalisco Secretariat of Agriculture and Rural Development (SADER) joins the Economic Momentum Board with the Agro-innovators and Rural Youth of Jalisco program.

The scheme includes support of up to 30,000 pesos per applicant for:

• Acquisition of technological packages.
• Equipment for processing and value addition.

The support can be applied to poultry shops, greengrocers, dairies, coffee shops, bakeries, tortilla shops, and projects linked to the agri-food sector.

Energy and Operational Efficiency

The Jalisco Secretariat of Sustainable Energy Development (SEDES) will promote cost-free energy diagnostics for companies interested in distributed generation, energy efficiency, and operational cost reduction.

As part of the implementation, a permanent board has been established with business stakeholders, universities, unions, and civil society to coordinate the execution and evaluation of the strategy, with the goal for Jalisco to grow at twice the national rate.

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