The manufacturing sector ($121.8 billion) accounted for 52.5 percent of total expenditures.

Key evidence

The source directly reports the ordering for the stated scope: By region, investors from Asia and Pacific contributed the highest dollar value of greenfield expenditures ($8.3 billion), led by Australia ($3.0 billion), South Korea ($2.2 billion), and Japan ($1.7 billion). The source directly reports the ordering for the stated scope: Planned total expenditures, which include both first-year and planned future expenditures, were $284.5 billion.

The source directly reports the ordering for the stated scope: The country with the largest investment was Japan ($50.5 billion), followed by Germany ($26.7 billion) and Canada ($23.5 billion). The source directly reports the ordering for the stated scope: By industry, plastics and rubber parts manufacturing accounted for the largest number of current employees (21,800), followed by transportation equipment manufacturing (17,300) and primary and fabricated metals manufacturing (16,400). The source reports an amount on a billion scale for the stated scope: business—were $13.8 billion in 2025.

The source directly reports the ordering for the stated scope: 1 By region, Europe contributed the most new investment, $116.6 billion, or 50.2 percent of all new investment in 2025. The source directly compares reported values for the stated scope: businesses were $4.6 billion, and expenditures to expand existing foreign-owned businesses were $9.2 billion. The source reports an amount on a billion scale for the stated scope: Acquisition expenditures in 2025 were $218.4 billion, expenditures to establish new U.S.

The source reports an amount on a billion scale for the stated scope: businesses totaled $232.2 billion in 2025, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. The source reports an amount on a billion scale for the stated scope: Expenditures increased $76.8 billion, or 49.5 percent, from 2024 levels. By industry, expenditures for new direct investment were largest in publishing industries ($50.7 billion), followed by chemicals manufacturing ($45.4 billion) and plastics and rubber products manufacturing ($19.0 billion).

By industry, greenfield expenditures were largest in transportation and warehousing ($3.6 billion), computers and electronics products manufacturing ($2.0 billion), and chemicals manufacturing ($1.8 billion). By state, Louisiana ($3.0 billion), Arizona ($2.7 billion), and Texas ($1.9 billion) received the highest levels of greenfield investment.