[Last updated: 1 February 2026, unless otherwise noted]
As long as specific BMV and BIVA requirements are met, in compliance with the BMV and BIVA, there are no jurisdictions of incorporation or industries that would be banned from listing securities on the BMV and BIVA.
The main eligibility criteria for listing equity securities are:
Investment Units (Unidades de Inversión or UDIs) are value units established by the Mexican Central Bank, revalued on a daily basis (as of 1 February 2026: MXN$8.684226 per UDI (approximately US$0.48).
Additionally, in order to maintain a listing, the following requirement must be met at all subsequent times:
In order for an issuer to be listed it must comply with corporate governance requirements, as reflected under the Best Corporate Practices Code (Código de Mejores Prácticas Corporativas or the "Code"), which includes the following:
A detailed description, with general requirements on corporate governance, is provided in the section entitled Corporate governance.
Companies that wish to list their securities on the BMV and BIVA must complete all necessary documents and information. Once their file submission is complete, the BMV and BIVA will issue a statement with information regarding the listing requirements, and perform a technical analysis.
Once accepted, the BMV or BIVA delivers the issuer with a positive resolution, and the issuer must then file a complete set of executed documents at least one business day before the listing, which includes:
The BMV or BIVA must publish the listing on its webpage before 12:00 pm on the date thereof. The broker dealer, who must be a Mexican brokerage firm (casa de bolsa), performs the securities registration process.
Unless otherwise agreed with the broker dealers, there are no requirements to place shares into escrow (or otherwise restrain them from being traded, such as "lock-up" arrangements) in connection with a listing.
The currency denomination of securities traded in Mexico is Mexican pesos.