Analysing the 2026 Middle East Economic Projection

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $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. businesses accounted for the majority of the expenses.

organizations were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to broaden existing foreign-owned services were $9.2 billion. Planned overall expenditures, which include both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $284.5 billion. Work in 2025 at freshly acquired, developed, or expanded foreign-owned services in the United States was 213,100 workers. By industry, expenses for brand-new direct investment were biggest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals making ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products producing ($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 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 expenses.

service or to expand an existing foreign-owned U.S. businesswere $13.8 billion in 2025. By market, greenfield expenditures were biggest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computer systems and electronic devices 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 expenses ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion).

Planned total expenditures for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and scheduled future expenses, were $66.1 billion. Overall planned work, which consists of the current employment of acquired business, the planned employment of newly established service enterprises when completely operational, and the prepared employment associated with expansions, was 232,400.

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

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