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Expenses by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or broaden U.S. services totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics launched 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. companies represented many of the expenses.

businesses were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to broaden existing foreign-owned companies were $9.2 billion. Planned total expenses, that include both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $284.5 billion. Employment in 2025 at newly acquired, developed, or broadened foreign-owned businesses in the United States was 213,100 workers. By market, expenditures for new direct investment were biggest in publishing markets ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals manufacturing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products producing ($19.0 billion).

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The country with the largest investment was Japan ($50.5 billion), followed by Germany ($26.7 billion) and Canada ($23.5 billion).1 By area, 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 expenditures.

company or to expand an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By market, greenfield expenses were biggest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computer systems and electronics products manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By region, financiers from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar worth of greenfield expenses ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion).

Planned overall expenses for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which include both first-year and organized future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Total prepared work, which consists of the existing work of obtained business, the planned employment of newly established company enterprises when completely functional, and the prepared employment associated with growths, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the biggest present work arising from brand-new financial investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500). Billions of dollars First-year expenditures151.0155.3 U.S. companies acquired143.0146.4 U.S. organizations established6.36.4 U.S. services expanded1.82.5 Planned total expenditures157.0164.0 U.S. businesses acquired143.0146.4 U.S. companies established7.88.2 U.S. companies expanded6.29.4 U.S. Bureau of Economic AnalysisFor the 2025 brand-new foreign direct financial investment stats highlighted in this release, along with price quotes for earlier years, see the below information tables in "Supplemental Data."First-Year and Planned Overall Expenditures, Market of Affiliate by Type of Investment First-Year and Planned Overall Expenses, Country of UBO by Kind Of InvestmentFirst-Year and Planned Total Expenditures, State by Kind Of InvestmentFirst-Year and Planned Total Expenditures, Industry of UBO by Type of InvestmentFirst-Year and Planned Overall Expenses, by Industry of Affiliate (All Industries)First-Year and Planned Overall Expenditures, by Country of UBO (All Nations)First-Year Expenses, Nation of UBO by Industry of AffiliateFirst-Year Expenses, Nation of Foreign Parent and UBOPlanned Total Expenses for Establishments and Growths, by Kind Of ExpenditurePlanned Expenditures for Greenfield Investments, Kind Of Financial Investment by YearPlanned Expenditures for Greenfield Investments, Industry of Affiliate by YearPlanned Expenditures for Greenfield Investments, Country of UBO by YearPlanned Expenditures for Greenfield Investments, State by YearExpenditures for Greenfield Investments, Year of Financial Investment Expenditure by Year Investment Was InitiatedCurrent and Planned Employment, Market of Affiliate by Kind Of InvestmentCurrent and Planned Employment, Country of UBO by Type of InvestmentCurrent and Planned Work, State by Kind Of InvestmentNumber of investments started, Distribution of Planned Total Expenses, Size by Type of Investment BEA has upgraded its disclosure avoidance approach to coarsening, which consists of rounding, aggregation, and making use of ranges.

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BEA did not use cell suppression or noise infusion. Next release: June 2027New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 20261 As determined by nation of ultimate advantageous owner (UBO; see "Additional Info" for a description). The S&P 500 is a stock market index weighted by market capitalization that is made up of 500 of the largest public business in the United States. The Bloomberg United States Convertible Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum quantities exceptional of at least $250 million.

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