The Home Depot is coming to San Miguel de Allende

Retail elephantine The Home Depot has announced it volition unfastened 3 stores successful the Bajío authorities of Guanajuato, including 1 successful San Miguel de Allende.

With a US $61 cardinal investment, caller stores volition besides beryllium located successful León and the metropolis of Guanajuato. According to a institution statement, the San Miguel store volition unfastened successful 2026, portion the stores successful León and Guanajuato are acceptable to unfastened the pursuing year. 

As they announced the caller Guanajuato stores, institution officials emphasized their societal work programs successful the state, including donations of operation supplies and betterment of much than 50 schools. (Libia Deninse/Facebook)

The Home Depot presently operates 5 stores successful Guanajuato successful the cities of León, Salamanca, Celaya and Irapuato, employing a full of 500 people. With the caller locations, the institution expects to make 300 nonstop jobs and 1,200 indirect jobs. 

The concern successful cardinal Mexico is portion of The Home Depot Mexico’s ambitious maturation plan, which includes the opening of 25 caller stores successful the state implicit the adjacent 4 years, requiring a full estimated concern of $1.3 billion.

State and municipal officials attended the store announcement, held connected Tuesday successful San Miguel de Allende, including Guanajuato Governor Libia García Muñoz Ledo, and San Miguel Mayor Mauricio Trejo. 

“We convey The Home Depot for this concern that creates jobs and opens up opportunities,” Governor García said. “This task reaffirms [Home Depot’s] committedness to sustainability, to the communities wherever it operates and confirms that Guanajuato is simply a reliable authorities to put in.”

Since its accomplishment successful the authorities successful 2003, The Home Depot has held 286 unpaid days, donated much than 42 cardinal pesos successful operation supplies (US $2.1 million) and improved the facilities of much than 50 schools done its societal work programs.

“With this caller investment, The Home Depot strengthens its semipermanent imaginativeness successful Mexico, positioning itself arsenic a cardinal subordinate successful the country’s affirmative translation done decent employment, home sourcing and societal commitment,” the institution said successful a statement. 

At the extremity of 2024, the retail institution was operating 140 branches crossed each 32 states of Mexico. 

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