Investment Climate and Capital Management for 2026

Expenditures by foreign direct financiers to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses amounted to $232.2 billion in 2025, according to initial 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. organizations represented most of the expenditures.

organizations were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to broaden existing foreign-owned organizations were $9.2 billion. Planned overall expenditures, which include both first-year and organized future expenses, were $284.5 billion. Employment in 2025 at freshly acquired, established, or broadened foreign-owned services in the United States was 213,100 workers. By industry, expenditures for brand-new direct financial investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals manufacturing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items 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 brand-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 market, greenfield expenditures were biggest in transport and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computer systems and electronics items manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals production ($1.8 billion). By region, financiers from Asia and Pacific contributed the greatest dollar value 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 investment started in 2025, which include both first-year and organized future expenses, were $66.1 billion. Overall planned work, which consists of the present work of gotten business, the planned employment of recently developed service enterprises when totally functional, and the planned work associated with expansions, was 232,400.

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

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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 comprised of 500 of the biggest public business in the United States. The Bloomberg US Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the efficiency of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum amounts outstanding of at least $250 million.

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