Arca Continental
Soft drinks bottling and snacks · Mexico
Arca Continental is the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the Americas: it makes and delivers Coca-Cola drinks to 1.7 million shops in northern and western Mexico, Texas and the US Southwest, Peru, Ecuador and northern Argentina, and sells Bokados, Wise and Inalecsa snacks.
What makes it different
The first Latin American bottler running Coca-Cola in the US.
MX$93.0BUnited States net salesFY2025
Texas and its neighbours now bring in more than a third of Arca's sales, paid in dollars.
How big it is
How big is Arca Continental?
2.41BUnit casesFY2025
70,000+EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Mexico first, the US close behind.
- Mexico45%MX$111.1B
- United States38%MX$93.0B
- South America18%MX$43.8B
How the business works
Bottle Coca-Cola. Serve shops. Add snacks.
- 1Coca-Cola in five countries
- 21.7 million shops via Tuali
- 3Bokados and Wise snacks
Since 2017 the US business has grown into nearly two-fifths of sales, so a Mexican bottler now earns heavily in dollars.
Who owns it
- Fideicomiso de Control (control trust of the founding families)45.7%
CEO: Arturo Gutiérrez Hernández
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1926First Coca-Cola licence in Mexico
- 2001Embotelladoras Arca formed
- 2011Arca and Grupo Continental merge
- 2015Corporación Lindley integrated in Peru
- 4-01Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages: first Latin bottler in the US
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Arca Continental's own reports.
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What Arca Continental tracks16 metrics
Beverage volume
Points of sale
Population served
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from3 regions
Mexico
South America
United States
The full timeline19 moments
2022
2025
2026
Arca Continental vs PepsiCoside by side
Revenue
Profit
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