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Expenses by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or broaden U.S. services amounted to $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary 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. companies accounted for many of the expenses.

Planned total expenditures, which consist of both first-year and planned future expenses, were $284.5 billion. By market, expenditures for brand-new direct financial investment were biggest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals producing ($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 financial investment in 2025. Asia and Pacific was the second-largest investing area, with $71.9 billion in expenses.

service or to expand an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By industry, greenfield expenses were largest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronics products production ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By region, financiers 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 financial investment started in 2025, which include both first-year and planned future expenses, were $66.1 billion. Total prepared work, which includes the present employment of acquired enterprises, the prepared work of recently established company enterprises when fully functional, and the prepared work associated with growths, was 232,400.

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

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1. Based upon 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 market index weighted by market capitalization that is made up of 500 of the biggest public companies in the United States. The Bloomberg US Convertible Money Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of United States dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum amounts outstanding of a minimum of $250 million.

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