Economic Conditions and Capital Diversification for 2026

Expenses by foreign direct investors to get, develop, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary data 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. businesses represented many of the expenditures.

companies were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to expand existing foreign-owned companies were $9.2 billion. Planned total expenses, which consist of both first-year and organized future expenditures, were $284.5 billion. Employment in 2025 at newly obtained, developed, or expanded foreign-owned organizations in the United States was 213,100 workers. By industry, expenditures for new direct investment were largest in publishing markets ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals manufacturing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products making ($19.0 billion).

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The nation 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 brand-new financial 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.

organization 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 manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals production ($1.8 billion). By area, financiers from Asia and Pacific contributed the greatest 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 expenditures for greenfield investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and organized future expenses, were $66.1 billion. Total prepared employment, which includes the current work of gotten enterprises, the prepared employment of freshly established company enterprises when totally operational, and the prepared employment associated with growths, was 232,400.

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

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