Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency

With HIPA’s support, investors placing their trust in Hungary decided to launch 108 projects in 2025, bringing EUR 7,069 billion of fresh capital and creating 18,227 new jobs.

Despite the constantly changing global economic conditions, Hungary remains an investor-friendly country, making the past four years the strongest period in Hungarian economic history in terms of foreign direct investment inflows, while 2025 represents the third most successful year in the history of HIPA 

– highlighted Mr. István Joó, Government Commissioner and CEO of the HIPA.

HIPA's core mission is to channel global FDI flows to Hungary, but its incentive schemes are also available to domestic firms. In 2024, HIPA concluded 24 investment agreements with Hungarian companies, which is a new record, and also makes Hungary the leading country in terms of the number of supported projects. Hungary is followed by the United States and China with 16 projects both and Germany with 15 investments.

Overall, investment decisions concluded in 2025 with the support of HIPA involved projects from 17 countries, reflecting lasting international confidence in Hungary.

By investment volume, China ranks first, with EUR 3.97 billion, accounting for nearly 57 percent of the total volume, followed by Singapore with EUR 794 million, Hungary with EUR 540 million and the U.S. with EUR 480 million.

The 16 American projects with an overall investment volume of almost half a billion euros represent a historic record, underlining the strengthening Hungarian–American investment partnership. These investments are set to create more than 800 new jobs.

2025 also marked a turning point in terms of high intellectual added value investment projects. In the course of the year, 14 R&D investments worth nearly EUR 570 million were announced, the highest number and volume ever recorded by HIPA. The business services sector (BSC) sticks out as well, with 13 new projects, creating a record number of 3,236 jobs. These trends confirm that investors increasingly value Hungary not only as a manufacturing base, but also as a hub for innovation and services.

Investment decisions in 2025 span 17 sectors, from biotechnology and electronics to medical technology and packaging, contributing to the diversification and resilience of the Hungarian economy.

Electronics takes the lead with over 55 percent of total investment volume (EUR 3.88 billion), followed by the automotive industry (EUR 1.1 billion) and the chemical industry (EUR 819 million). Electronics also leads in terms of job creation with 6,232 new positions, ahead of automotive manufacturing (3,620 jobs), while BSC ranks third with over 3,200 new jobs, highlighting the qualitative shift in the investment structure.

More than 84 percent of the supported projects will be realized outside Budapest, which highlights the importance of investment promotion in supporting balanced regional development. Investment activity covers almost the entire country, and reflects the changing focus of HIPA’s efforts, making the southern regions a major target of new projects. As a clear sign of this strategic shift, Bács-Kiskun county is set to host 9 new projects, while Csongrád-Csanád and Békés secured 5 investments each.