Geostat reported that foreign direct investment from the United States into Georgia surged in 2025, reaching $158.1 million, a 121.7% increase year-on-year. The U.S. ranked as the fourth-largest investor, contributing to Georgia’s total FDI inflows of approximately $1.7 billion.
Detailed data requested by BM.GE shows that real estate remained the leading destination for U.S. investment, nearly doubling compared to 2024. At the same time, investment in the IT sector tripled.
Breakdown by sector:
- Real estate: $80.7 million
- Information technology: $60 million
- Education: $6 million
- Scientific and technical activities: $5.2 million
- Construction: $5.1 million
- Healthcare: $1.7 million
- Administrative services: $1.4 million
- Agriculture and logistics: $1 million each
- Other services :$840,000
- Hospitality: $401,000
While real estate and IT dominated, education saw a decline in funding and most other sectors attracted relatively modest investment.
Geostat also identified main U.S.-linked companies operating in Georgia in 2025, though not ranked by investment size. These include:
- Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Georgia Office)
- World Vision International (Georgia Branch)
- Mercy Corps (Georgia Office)
- MagtiCom (with U.S. investment share)
- Technology Management Company Inc. (Georgia Office)
- University of Georgia (LLC)
- Dariali Energy
- FieldCore Service Solutions International (Georgia LLC)
- GE Vernova (Georgia Branch)
- IG Development Georgia
Overall, Georgia’s total foreign direct investment reached $1.68 billion in 2025, a 7.6% annual increase.
Geostat stated that the main driver of FDI remains reinvested earnings, which totaled $1.4 billion, accounting for 83% of total investment inflows.