Santa Fe
The wholesale corridor had gone through the pandemic with almost full occupancy, but between December and June it went from 5,1% to 10,2% of vacant storefronts. The city reached 12,5%, while peatonal Córdoba rose from 9,2% to 17,2% in the same period.
Catamarca
The shutters multiplied in Peatonal Rivadavia and around Plaza 25 de Mayo. Merchants, fair vendors, and council members discuss rents, services, informality, and permits, but the available information does not provide a consolidated count of the businesses that stopped operating.
Chaco
The Chaco federation stated that the CAME indicator measures local retail stores and not total consumption or digital platform billing. The entity affirmed that the traditional contraction and the growth of e-commerce can coexist because they correspond to different universes.
Chubut
The UNPSJB Economics Observatory compared the cessations with 123 new permits, although more than seven in ten were renewals or changes involving existing businesses. Sales fell between 15% and 29% in the first half of the year, increasing uncertainty.
Río Negro
The demonstration outside Intecnus challenged the layoffs and restructuring at the Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica. Eight people were reinstated, but political and scientific representatives warn about 20 Bariloche families, nearly 300 contract workers and the continuity of 379 CONICET postdoctoral researchers.
Córdoba
The Commercial Observatory of the Chamber of Commerce also measured a drop of 12% in profitability compared to July of 2025. In the monthly comparison, units declined 7% and profitability 5%, while the average ticket remained below the June level.
Mendoza
Commerce, restaurants, winemaking and automotive-related businesses are adjusting after exhausting internal cost cuts. Cecitys acknowledges that no consolidated tally of closed establishments exists, while suspensions and workforce reductions are appearing across different sectors.
Entre Ríos
The business association counted about 100 inactive establishments downtown and more than 120 when surrounding areas were included. Televisions, Argentina jerseys and sporting goods sold better during the tournament, but the association rejected the idea that this represented a general recovery.
Chaco
The customer service company attributed the cut to the loss of one of its main contracts. The measure reached operators, supervisors and administrators of a city with just over 30,000 inhabitants, where the company had set up shop in 2023 with expansion plans.
Santiago del Estero
The governor of Santiago del Estero planned to sign with Raúl Jalil and national authorities the agreement for aqueducts and water treatment plants in Región del Albigasta. The project financed by BID would benefit almost 36.000 inhabitants of Choya and La Paz.
Neuquén
The governor stated that the current contract does not meet the provincial growth and confirmed negotiations to change the management of Presidente Perón airport. The future tender would include infrastructure, cargo, land connections, and services, with a possible bidding before the end of the year.
Santa Fe
A calculation by the municipal Treasury Department measured the national revenue generated by gasoline and diesel charges in the city. The report compared that amount with local works and equipment, and estimated a return of ARS 1,300 million if it were shared like IVA.
Santiago del Estero
The complex's management has injected capital for more than a year to cover its monthly deficit. Lost foot traffic, digital commerce and taxes reduced occupancy below half, but the warning does not yet amount to a closure that has been decided or carried out.
National
The President plans to personally lead the presentation of the project, as he did in 2024. In 2025 he opted for a recorded message. The visit will require a special security operation and will open a new stage of parliamentary debate, without guaranteeing the approval of the initiative.
La Pampa
One store estimated a year-on-year drop of at least 50%, while others maintained their activity through promotions, cards, and a diversified offer. Consumption shifted towards cheaper products and digital channels, where more than half of the purchases are financed in installments.
Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands
Patricio Cornejo warned that the intervention and the conflict with workers are creating uncertainty among Antarctic cruise operators. He criticized the lack of answers, called for a faster resolution and said the destination's future planning depends on operational, legal and economic guarantees.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
The final branches employed 18 people, compared with a network that once exceeded 300 points of sale and 5,000 workers. The receiver must inventory property, trace corporate holdings, and preserve the brands for a possible sale.
Chaco
The Province reported that it met the August 13 maturity corresponding to the sixth of nine installments of the international bond issued to settle historical judicial obligations. The Government presented the disbursement as part of financial reorganization and the recovery of predictability.
Jujuy
The merchants' association warned that unstable revenue forces businesses to use savings and seek loans to pay electricity, taxes and rent. The sector is seeking more flexible finance and training, but says the underlying solution depends on a sustained recovery in demand.
National
The initiative of Vanesa Siley creates a system for delivery and app drivers, with breaks, risk coverage, protection against bans, and algorithmic transparency. A tripartite commission would set minimum wages and conditions, but the text still has to go through Congress.
Santa Fe
The staff at the Lehmann plant have not been paid since December 2025 and in July they began to receive dismissals with compensation calculated at 50%. The camp in front of the establishment seeks answers about two different obligations: the accumulated debt and the departure of those who lost their jobs.
National
The proposal redefines the preservation of the currency's value as its central mission, prohibits financing the Treasury, and changes rules for removal, reserves, and profits. LLA and allied blocs signed the report with two technical adjustments and aim to debate it on August 26.
La Pampa
The Chamber of Commerce survey for May and June showed that 47,6% need to refinance debt and 21,4% reduced staff. Only one third paid suppliers and the mid-year statutory bonus in full, while expectations for the end of 2026 remain mostly negative.
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Two projects seek to simplify economic procedures and modify the effect of administrative silence in the City. The scheme provides for a single window, a digital file, and provisional authorizations with subsequent control for low-risk activities, while maintaining prior controls in sensitive sectors.
