The hierarchy does not end there. Companies with a strong presence in the market’s top floors, such as WeWork and Alsea, become less prominent at the highest elevations, where firms such as Aon, Essilor, Gicsa, BBVA and Google appear more frequently. Although they belong to different industries, most share one characteristic: their activities depend less on the physical production of goods than on the management of information, capital, knowledge or business relationships.

In that sense, the summits of Mexico’s skyscrapers do not appear to be occupied by those who produce the most things, but by those who coordinate the most processes. Thus, as one moves higher, corporate space begins to look less like the economy below and more like the activities that organize it.

The pattern, however, is not distributed equally across markets. Mexico City shows the most diverse composition, with finance, business services, consulting and technology spread among the leading positions. Monterrey concentrates its highest floors more clearly in business services, which account for 41% of the occupied area across the summits analyzed. Guadalajara², meanwhile, shows a pronounced concentration in finance.

Beyond sectors, companies or markets, the data suggests that height remains a scarce and selective resource. Not because it allows people to see farther, but because it still helps determine what happens below.

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¹ The primary analysis considers occupants of the top floors in 23 Class A+ corporate buildings with 30 or more stories located in Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara. For comparison purposes, an expanded universe of 288 Class A+ buildings across the same markets was also analyzed.

² In Guadalajara, the results should be interpreted with caution due to the limited number of Class A+ skyscrapers with 30 or more stories included in the analysis.