The City of London Corporation has published our annual analysis of financial and professional services (FPS) foreign direct investment (FDI) into the UK. Despite global economic challenges, the UK's FPS sector has demonstrated strong resilience.
In 2025:
The UK was Europe’s top destination for FPS FDI by projects and investment value. It ranked third globally by number of projects.
The value of capital invested in UK FPS projects reached £1.7bn, ahead of Spain (£1.3bn) and France (£1.1bn).
Tech investment is the largest subsector for financial services (FS) FDI. This underscores the UK's position as the largest tech hub in Europe, with over 3,500 fintech companies and 1.4 million tech jobs.
FDI remains a cornerstone of the Government’s objective to drive economic growth and jobs. FPS investment goes on to drive further investment, jobs and prosperity across the whole of the country.
