Investment Conditions and Capital Management for 2026

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

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

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The nation with the largest financial 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 financial investment in 2025. Asia and Pacific was the second-largest investing region, with $71.9 billion in expenses.

organization or to broaden an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By industry, greenfield expenditures were largest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computer systems and electronics products production ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By area, 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 expenses for greenfield investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $66.1 billion. In 2025, existing work of obtained enterprises was 211,700. Overall planned employment, which consists of the existing employment of obtained business, the planned employment of newly established organization enterprises when completely operational, and the planned employment related to expansions, was 232,400. By industry, plastics and rubber parts manufacturing represented the largest variety of current workers (21,800), followed by transportation equipment manufacturing (17,300) and primary and fabricated metals manufacturing (16,400).

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California (37,200) was the state with the largest existing work resulting from new investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500).

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1. Based on 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 business in the United States. The Bloomberg US Convertible Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the efficiency of US dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum quantities impressive of a minimum of $250 million.

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