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Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, develop, or broaden U.S. companies amounted to $232.2 billion in 2025, according to initial stats 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. companies accounted for the majority of the expenditures.

Planned overall expenditures, which include both first-year and organized future expenses, were $284.5 billion. By market, expenditures for brand-new direct financial investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals making ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products making ($19.0 billion).

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

service or to broaden an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By market, greenfield expenditures were largest in transport and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronic devices items manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By region, investors from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar worth 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 expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Overall planned work, which includes the present work of gotten business, the planned employment of recently established organization enterprises when completely functional, and the planned employment associated with expansions, was 232,400.

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California (37,200) was the state with the largest present employment resulting from brand-new financial 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 Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index. The S&P 500 is a stock exchange index weighted by market capitalization that is made up of 500 of the largest public companies in the United States. The Bloomberg United States Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of US dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum quantities outstanding of a minimum of $250 million.

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