According to data from the Ministry of Economy of the Government of Mexico, during the second quarter of 2020, San Luis Potosí ranked first in the country in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), registering a collection of 608.5 million dollars, with which surpassed Jalisco (581.1 MDD), Nayarit (579.1 MDD), Sinaloa (551.2 MDD) and Nuevo León (489.2 MDD).

The historical figure for the state of San Luis Potosí is due to the fact that large foreign companies sent resources to their subsidiaries already installed locally during the health contingency, which allowed them to remain firm and not to lose jobs in a difficult context for In the economy, in this sense, it is important to note that this foreign capital registration does not mean that a large number of new companies have arrived.