July 11, 2025

New Foreign Direct Investment in the United States, 2024

Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $151.0 billion in 2024, according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $24.9 billion, or 14.2 percent, from $176.0 billion (revised) in 2023 and were below the annual average of $277.2 billion for 2014–2023. As in previous years, acquisitions of existing U.S. businesses accounted for most of the expenditures.

Principal Federal Economic Indicators

Gross Domestic Product
Q1 2025 (3rd)
-0.5%
Personal Income
May 2025
-0.4%
International Trade in Goods and Services
May 2025
-$71.5 B
International Transactions
Q1 2025
-$450.2 B

Noteworthy

The Latest

Personal Income, May 2004

June 28, 2004 | News Release

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Gross Domestic Product and Corporate Profits: First Quarter 2004 "final" estimates

June 25, 2004 | News Release

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U.S. International Transactions: First Quarter 2004

June 18, 2004 | News Release

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Gross Domestic Product by Industry for 2003

June 17, 2004 | News Release

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: April 2004

June 14, 2004 | News Release

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U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Annual Revision for 2003

June 14, 2004 | News Release

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Tourism Satellite Accounts, First Quarter 2004

June 10, 2004 | News Release

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BEA Debuts Enhanced Overview of the U.S. Economy

June 4, 2004 | News Release

Available for this release: Full Release: PDF (43 kb)

Foreign Investors' Spending to Acquire or Establish U.S. Businesses, 2003

June 1, 2004 | News Release

The tables in this release are available in an XLS spreadsheet and the entire release is available in PDF format.

Personal Income, April 2004

May 28, 2004 | News Release

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