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Expenditures by foreign direct investors to obtain, develop, or expand U.S. organizations totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenses increased $76.8 billion, or 49.5 percent, from 2024 levels. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. services accounted for the majority of the expenses.

Planned total expenses, which consist of both first-year and organized future expenditures, were $284.5 billion. By market, expenditures for brand-new direct investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals manufacturing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items manufacturing ($19.0 billion).

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The country with the biggest investment was Japan ($50.5 billion), followed by Germany ($26.7 billion) and Canada ($23.5 billion).1 By region, Europe contributed the most new investment, $116.6 billion, or 50.2 percent of all brand-new investment in 2025. Asia and Pacific was the second-largest investing region, with $71.9 billion in expenses.

service or to broaden an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By industry, greenfield expenditures were biggest in transport and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronics products manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By region, investors from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar value of greenfield expenditures ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion).

Planned total expenditures for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and planned future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Overall prepared work, which includes the present employment of obtained enterprises, the planned work of recently established organization enterprises when completely operational, and the prepared work associated with growths, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the biggest present employment resulting from brand-new financial investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500).

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BEA did not use cell suppression or sound infusion. Next release: June 2027New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 20261 As determined by nation of ultimate beneficial owner (UBO; see "Additional Details" for a description). 1. Based upon a comparison of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg US Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index. The S&P 500 is a stock market index weighted by market capitalization that is made up of 500 of the biggest public companies in the United States. The Bloomberg United States Convertible Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the efficiency of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum quantities outstanding of at least $250 million.

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