Economic Growth and Investment in the 2026 GCC

Expenses by foreign direct financiers to acquire, develop, or expand U.S. services amounted to $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics 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. businesses accounted for the majority of the expenses.

organizations were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to expand existing foreign-owned organizations 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 acquired, developed, or broadened foreign-owned services in the United States was 213,100 workers. By industry, expenditures for new direct financial investment were biggest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals making ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber items producing ($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 brand-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 expenses were biggest in transport and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computer systems and electronics products manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By region, financiers from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest 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 expenses for greenfield financial investment started in 2025, which consist of both first-year and planned future expenses, were $66.1 billion. Total planned employment, which includes the present employment of obtained business, the planned work of freshly established business enterprises when totally functional, and the prepared employment 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 financial investment, followed by Illinois (17,600) and Texas (16,500).

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1. Based upon 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 market 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 Cash Pay Bond > $250mn Index tracks the performance of US dollar-denominated cash-pay convertible securities with minimum amounts outstanding of at least $250 million.

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