[Original version in German. This is an automated translation with minimal edits.]

In 2025, foreign companies invested a good EUR 86 billion in Germany – an increase of more than 50 percent compared to the previous year.

The shift in the countries of origin is striking: the capital inflows of the British islands have increased particularly strongly:

With a good 26 billion euros in 2025, direct investment from the United Kingdom exceeded the previous year’s figure by approximately 300 percent.

The commitment of Chinese companies also increased sharply with a plus of 51 percent – the newly created capital with less than 200 million euros was, however, comparatively insignificant.

The entrepreneurial investment from the USA developed quite differently. This amounted to just under 12 billion euros in Germany last year – 44 percent less than 2024.

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