71,3% of Pampean businesses reported a sales decrease during May and June of 2026 compared to the same period of 2025. The Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Producción de La Pampa covered mainly clothing and footwear, with 40,5% of participation, and food and supermarkets, with 14,3%. The survey measures business responses and not a register of actual closures.
Within the group with setbacks, 21,4% suffered losses between 20% and 30%; another 21,4%, drops from 10% to 20%; 19%, decreases of up to 10%; and 9,5%, declines from 30% to 40%. Compared to March-April, half of the locations continued reducing revenue. The negative year-on-year proportion slightly decreased from 73,8%, without producing a recovery.
The pressure moved to indebtedness. 47,6% expressed an urgent need to refinance previous loans, while 52,4% cut fixed costs. Only 54,8% fully paid utilities. 33,3% canceled all its supplier debt and 47,6% made partial payments. The percentages describe different liquidity constraints and should not be added as mutually exclusive categories without additional information.
Labor and tax obligations were also affected. Barely 33,3% covered the full mid-year statutory bonus and 26,2% made partial payments. Only 21,4% paid the employer contributions on time. The total VAT compliance dropped to 28,6%; provincial taxes were fully paid by 33,3% and municipal fees by 42,9%.
In terms of employment, 47,6% managed to keep its workforce stable, but 21,4% reduced staff. The fear of new adjustments in the short term was at 19%. These three references correspond to different states: maintenance, reduction already carried out, and future expectation. The relative improvement compared to the previous survey does not eliminate the layoffs that were carried out nor does it allow for calculating how many workers were affected.
Expectations for the end of the year continue to lean toward deterioration: 40,5% believes the situation will worsen, 38,1% expects it to remain the same, and 21,4% anticipates an improvement. The next two months should show whether refinancing allows operations and employment to be sustained. Until then, the picture combines lower billing, partial payments, and debt, but does not report a consolidated provincial total of closed stores.
