Investment Climate and Capital Management for 2026

Expenses by foreign direct investors to get, establish, or broaden U.S. companies totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary data 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. businesses represented the majority of the expenditures.

Planned overall expenses, which consist of both first-year and scheduled future expenditures, were $284.5 billion. By market, expenditures for new direct investment were biggest 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 country with the biggest financial 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 financial 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.

service or to expand an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By industry, greenfield expenses were biggest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronics items manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By area, investors 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 expenditures for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and planned future expenditures, were $66.1 billion. Total planned work, which consists of the current employment of obtained business, the prepared employment of newly established company enterprises when completely operational, and the prepared employment associated with growths, was 232,400.

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

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1. Based on a contrast of the S&P 500 Index to the Bloomberg United States Convertible Money 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 business in the United States. The Bloomberg US Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of US dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum amounts exceptional of at least $250 million.

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