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Expenses by foreign direct investors to obtain, establish, or expand U.S. services totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to initial data launched 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. services represented most of the expenditures.

companies were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to expand existing foreign-owned businesses were $9.2 billion. Planned total expenditures, that include both first-year and scheduled future expenditures, were $284.5 billion. Work in 2025 at newly obtained, developed, or broadened foreign-owned services in the United States was 213,100 staff members. By market, expenditures for new direct investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals making ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products manufacturing ($19.0 billion).

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

organization or to expand 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), computers and electronic devices products production ($2.0 billion), and chemicals production ($1.8 billion). By area, investors 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 expenditures for greenfield investment initiated in 2025, which consist of both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $66.1 billion. In 2025, current work of acquired business was 211,700. Overall prepared employment, which consists of the existing work of acquired business, the prepared work of recently developed service enterprises when totally operational, and the planned work connected with expansions, was 232,400. By industry, plastics and rubber parts making accounted for the largest variety of existing employees (21,800), followed by transportation equipment production (17,300) and main and produced metals producing (16,400).

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

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