The Cámara Argentina de Comercio y Servicios (CAC) reported on Apr. 29 that during March 2026, there were 102 illegal street vendor stalls detected in the surveyed areas of Buenos Aires City. This figure represents a decrease of 1% compared to February but an increase of 22.9% from March of the previous year.
According to the CAC’s latest report, all illegal stalls found on streets, avenues, and pedestrian walkways were concentrated within ten blocks. The average density was noted as 2.5 stalls per block. The most affected locations were Peru Street at numbers 0 and 100, which accounted for a significant share with a total of 24 stands combined. Corrientes Avenue featured prominently among the top ten affected blocks.
Food and beverages remained the most commonly sold items through these informal vendors, accounting for over seventy percent of observed activity, followed by handicrafts at twenty percent. Among stations and plazas, Once de Septiembre Station had the highest concentration of food and beverage sales while Constitución Station led in clothing and footwear sales.
Cases involving counterfeit goods decreased by two-thirds compared to February; only two cases were detected during March—both involving clothing and footwear at Constitución Station.
The survey covered several major commercial corridors including Avellaneda Avenue, Rivadavia Avenue, Pueyrredón Avenue, Liniers Zone, Once Zone, Corrientes Avenue, Peru Street, Santa Fe Avenue, Córdoba Avenue, Cabildo Avenue, Juramento Avenue as well as Microcentro Zone among others. Public spaces such as Once de Septiembre Station and Plaza de Mayo were also included in the monitoring process conducted throughout March.
In La Plata city during March there were twenty-eight illegal vendor stalls recorded—a decrease both month-over-month (down nearly ten percent) and year-over-year (down more than twenty-four percent). Galería Apolo and Pasaje 8 bis each hosted ten stalls while Galería Malvinas had eight; together these three locations represented almost all identified cases in La Plata’s central shopping district.
