*Although women lead 37% of businesses in Mexico, inequalities persist in access to capital.
/ Written by Georgina Monroy Vázquez /
11.15.2026 /CimacNoticias.com/ In Mexico, women lead 37 percent of the ventures; However, its presence decreases as companies advance towards stages of greater growth, where resources and financing opportunities are concentrated. Added to these barriers is the unequal distribution of domestic and care workwhich reduces the time available to develop your economic projects.
Within the framework of Entrepreneurial Women’s Daywhich is commemorated every November 19these inequalities highlight that starting a business does not guarantee that women have the same conditions as men to sustain it, access capital or convert it into a larger scale company.
According to the report Women in Entrepreneurshippublished by Endeavor Mexico In May 2026, although women lead 37 percent of the country’s businesses, their representation is considerably lower among the companies that receive the largest investments.
The analysis of the 100 best-funded scaleups in Mexico found that only 8 percent of founders are women. Additionally, all-female founding teams are not represented in this group.
The organization also documented that 4.5 percent of venture capital (venture capital) in Mexico reaches female founding teams. These data show that inequality is not limited to the possibility of starting a business, but also extends to opportunities to obtain resources and consolidate its growth.
Women dedicate 21.5 hours more to unpaid work
Added to the economic barriers is the unequal distribution of responsibilities domestic and care. According to the National Survey on Time Use (ENUT) 2024of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI)the women of 12 years and older dedicate an average of 39.7 hours per week to unpaid domestic, care, community and volunteer work.
In contrast, men spend 18.2 hours on these activities. The difference represents an additional 21.5 hours of unpaid work each week for women.
This inequality in the use of time also has consequences on the possibilities of economic development, since entrepreneurship implies allocating hours to planning, administration, searching for clients, training and building professional networks.
The ENUT also recorded that Women dedicate 61.1 hours per week to total work time, paid and unpaidcompared to 58 hours for men. This shows that, even when they participate in economic activities, women maintain a significant workload that does not necessarily receive remuneration.
Millennial women report lower satisfaction with job benefits
Inequalities are also reflected in working conditions. The study Work Experience 2026 in Mexicoprepared by WeWork y PageGroupidentified differences between women and men regarding their satisfaction with the benefits they receive in their jobs.
Among millennials, 55 percent of women said they were satisfied with their job benefits, compared to 67 percent of men of the same generation, a difference of 12 percentage points.
In the generation ZlSatisfaction was 45 percent among women and 54 percent among men. While in the Generation X reached 67 percent and 77 percent, respectively.
Although these results correspond to working people and not exclusively to entrepreneurs, they allow us to observe that Working conditions and benefits do not respond in the same way to the needs of women and men.
The study also found that 69.1 percent of people surveyed believe that companies should prioritize the life stage and real needs of their workers when defining their benefits; while 54.7 percent pointed out flexibility and customization as relevant aspects.
Access to financing, one of the barriers to growth
The report of Endeavor Mexico It also warns that the difficulties in accessing resources do not respond solely to the characteristics of the businesses, but to structural conditions within the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
According to the analysis, 97 percent of the women consulted consider that the ecosystem does not adequately support the success of female entrepreneurs. Likewise, eight out of 10 women surveyed consider that they receive less investment due to their gender.
Faced with this panorama, Endeavor raises the need to strengthen support mechanisms for women entrepreneurs, through mentoring networks, access to financing and opportunities to connect with other actors in the business sector.
The organization also identified that mixed founding teams raise 1.8 times more capital than those made up exclusively of men, a result that points to the importance of promoting greater participation of women in business decision-making and leadership spaces.
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