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Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2017
Worldwide employment by U.S. multinational enterprises (MNEs) increased 0.4 percent to 42.5 million
workers in 2017 from 42.3 million in 2016, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis on the operations and finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates.
Employment in the United States by U.S. parents increased 0.2 percent to 28.1 million workers in 2017.
U.S. parents accounted for 66.1 percent of worldwide employment by U.S. MNEs, down from 66.3
percent in 2016. Employment abroad by majority-owned foreign affiliates (MOFAs) of U.S. MNEs
increased 0.9 percent to 14.4 million workers and accounted for 33.9 percent of employment by U.S.
MNEs worldwide.

40

80

35

70

30
25

Parent share of worldwide
U.S. MNE employment
(right axis)

60
50

20

40

15

30

10

20

5

10

0

0
1999

2004

2009

2014

2015

2016

2017

U.S. parents
Majority-owned foreign affiliates

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

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Percent

Millions of employees

Employment by U.S. MNEs

U.S. parents accounted for 22.0 percent of total private industry employment in the United States.
Employment by U.S. parents was largest in manufacturing and retail trade. Employment abroad by
MOFAs was largest in China, United Kingdom, Mexico, India, and Canada.
Worldwide current-dollar value added of U.S. MNEs increased 2.0 percent to $5.3 trillion. Value added
by U.S. parents, a measure of their direct contribution to U.S. gross domestic product, was nearly
unchanged at $3.9 trillion, representing 22.9 percent of total U.S. private-industry value added. MOFA
value added increased to $1.4 trillion. Value added by MOFAs was largest in the United Kingdom,
Canada, and Ireland.
Worldwide expenditures for property, plant, and equipment of U.S. MNEs increased 2.0 percent to
$853.2 billion. Expenditures by U.S. parents accounted for $653.6 billion and MOFA expenditures for
$199.6 billion.
Worldwide research and development expenditures of U.S. MNEs increased 3.3 percent to $354.9
billion. U.S. parents accounted for expenditures of $298.3 billion and MOFAs for $56.6 billion.

Activities of U.S. MNEs

Trillions $
Value added
4

3

2

Expenditures for
property, plant, and
equipment

1

Research and
development
expenditures

0
2015

2016

2017

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

2015

2016

2017

2015

2016

U.S. parents
Majority-owned foreign affiliates

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2017

Additional statistics on the activities of U.S. parent companies and their foreign affiliates including sales,
balance sheet and income statement items, compensation of employees, trade in goods, and more are
available on BEA’s website. More industry detail for U.S. parents and more industry and country detail
for foreign affiliates are also available on the website and will be published in the September issue of the
Survey of Current Business.
New Statistics Available for U.S.-Headquartered MNEs
A portion of U.S. MNEs (U.S. companies that own foreign affiliates) are ultimately foreign-owned.
Because certain analyses require data that include only U.S.-headquartered MNEs (U.S. MNEs that
are ultimately owned or controlled by a U.S. person), BEA has introduced a set of tables that
feature U.S.-headquartered MNEs. The new tables include information on employment, value
added, and sales. These data can be found in table 5 of the news release and in additional tables
on BEA’s website.

Updates to the statistics
Statistics for 2016 are revised to incorporate newly available and revised source data. Preliminary
statistics for 2016 were released in August 2018 and highlighted in “Activities of U.S. Multinational
Enterprises in 2016” in the September 2018 issue of the Survey of Current Business.
Updates to Statistics on 2016 Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises
Billions of dollars, except as noted

Number of employees (thousands)
Value added
Expenditures for property, plant, and
equipment
Research and development expenditures

U.S. Parents
Preliminary
Revised
estimate
estimate
28,022.9
28,022.6
3,925.7
3,916.2
657.5
641.5
296.9

289.4

Next release: August 2020
Activities of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2018

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MOFAs
Preliminary
Revised
estimate
estimate
14,256.1
14,265.4
1,300.4
1,302.1
199.5
195.1
53.5

54.3

Additional Information
Value added is the value of the final goods and services
produced by a firm’s labor and property. Value added
represents the firm’s contribution to the gross domestic
product of the firm’s country of residence. The estimates
of value added in this release were prepared by summing
cost and profit data collected in BEA’s surveys of U.S.
direct investment abroad and are conceptually consistent
with BEA’s estimates of U.S. value added by industry.

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Historical time series for these estimates can be
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Access BEA data by registering for BEA's
Data Application Programming Interface (API).
BEA's news release schedule.
More information on these statistics on the
activities of U.S. MNEs will be provided in the
September issue of the Survey of Current
Business.
More statistics on the activities of U.S. MNEs,
including more detail by industry and country,
are available on the BEA website.
More information on the statistics on activities
of U.S. MNEs is provided in U.S. International
Economic Accounts: Concepts and Methods.
BEA also publishes a companion series on the
activities of U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs. Data
for 2017 will be released November 15, 2019.

Expenditures for property, plant, and equipment cover
total expenditures for land and depreciable structures and
equipment; they are gross of any sales, retirements, or
transfers of previously owned tangible assets.
Research and development (R&D) expenditures include
expenditures for R&D performed by the U.S. parent or the
affiliate, whether the R&D was for their own use or for use
by others and irrespective of the source of funding.

Statistical conventions
The statistics on the activities of U.S. MNEs are based
primarily on data reported in the Annual Survey of U.S.
Direct Investment Abroad (BE-11) conducted by BEA. The
statistics provide information on the operations and
finances of U.S. parent companies and their foreign
affiliates. The statistics on foreign affiliates cover the
entire operations of the affiliate, irrespective of the
percentage of U.S. ownership.

Definitions
A U.S. multinational enterprise (U.S. MNE) is composed of
the U.S. parent and its foreign affiliates.

To compute the U.S. parent share of U.S. private industry
employment, BEA used comparable statistics at the
aggregate level for all U.S. private industries from BEA’s
national income and product accounts (NIPAs) in line 3
(private industries) of Table 6.4D Full-Time and Part-Time
Employees by Industry.

A U.S. parent is a person (in the broad legal sense to
include any individual, partnership, corporation, or other
form of organization), resident in the United States, that
owns 10 percent or more of a foreign business enterprise,
referred to as its foreign affiliate.
A majority-owned foreign affiliate (MOFA) is a foreign
business enterprise in which the combined ownership of
all U.S. parents, either directly or indirectly, exceeds 50
percent.

To compute the U.S. parent share of U.S. private industry
value added, BEA used comparable statistics at the
aggregate level for all U.S. private industries from BEA’s
gross domestic product by industry accounts in line 2
(private industries) of the Value Added by Industry table.

U.S.-headquartered MNEs are U.S. MNEs that are
ultimately owned or controlled by a U.S. person.

Related Statistics

Foreign-headquartered U.S. MNEs are U.S. MNEs that are
ultimately owned or controlled by a foreign person.

Statistics on the activities of U.S. MNEs are one part of a
broader set of U.S. international economic accounts that,
taken together, provide a comprehensive, integrated and
detailed picture of U.S. international economic activities.

Employment covers the total number of full-time and
part-time employees on the payroll at the end of the year.

Statistics on direct investment and multinational
enterprises include annual statistics on the activities of

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U.S. affiliates of foreign MNEs, detailed annual and
quarterly statistics on direct investment, and annual
statistics on new foreign investment in the United States.

point in time.
The international transactions accounts (ITAs) are released
quarterly. The ITAs are a statistical summary of economic
activity between U.S. residents and the residents of other
countries.

Statistics on international services, released annually,
include detailed annual information on trade in services
and on services supplied through the channel of direct
investment by affiliates of MNEs.

U.S. international trade in goods and services, released by
BEA and the U.S. Census Bureau, provides monthly
statistics on trade in goods and services.

The international investment position (IIP) accounts are
released quarterly. The IIP is a statistical balance sheet
that presents the dollar value of U.S. financial assets and
liabilities with respect to foreign residents at a specific

List of News Release Tables
Table 1. Selected Data for U.S. Parents by Industry of U.S. Parent, 2017
Table 2. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Industry of Affiliate, 2017
Table 3. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Country, 2017
Table 4. Employment of Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates, Country by Industry of Affiliate, 2017
Table 5. Selected Data of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2017

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Table 1. Selected Data for U.S. Parents by Industry of U.S. Parent, 2017
Millions of dollars

Total assets
(1)
All industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Other
Manufacturing
Food
Beverages and tobacco products
Textiles, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resins and synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations
Other
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary and fabricated metals
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery
Industrial machinery
Other
Computers and electronic products
Computers and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Audio and video equipment
Semiconductors and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, and other instruments
Magnetic and optical media
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts
Other
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Petroleum and petroleum products
Drugs and druggists' sundries
Other
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Other
Information
Publishing industries
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Broadcasting (except Internet) and telecommunications
Broadcasting (except Internet)
Telecommunications
Data processing, hosting, and related services
Other information services
Finance and insurance
Depository credit intermediation (banking)
Finance, except depository institutions
Insurance carriers and related activities
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Management, scientific, and technical consulting
Advertising and related services
Other
Other industries
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Construction
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Management of nonbank companies and enterprises
Administration, support, and waste management
Health care and social assistance
Accommodation and food services
Miscellaneous services

42,143,617
551,622
282,362
269,260
8,626,437
726,101
324,681
43,762
7,282
149,557
26,767
1,144,601
1,943,927
191,684
157,094
1,296,052
162,033
137,066
147,788
70,915
250,677
177,084
73,593
500,315
214,716
116,792
168,806
1,232,811
393,943
186,130
(D)
350,887
285,070
(D)
211,756
1,427,431
719,536
707,895
22,007
396,061
1,743,672
86,226
136,302
170,468
1,350,676
1,007,673
296,223
89,907
621,543
2,881,182
521,543
80,495
1,671,079
315,341
1,355,738
156,577
451,488
23,675,975
9,204,149
7,244,820
7,227,006
794,959
65,428
352,469
101,421
80,000
195,641
2,862,099
38,327
132,342
730,833
567,630
495,323
198,806
208,927
162,091
169,645
158,175

Total liablilities
(2)
31,272,341
308,879
148,219
160,660
5,066,273
428,437
162,743
21,065
2,973
97,158
26,221
521,562
1,208,619
125,674
123,559
825,097
57,680
76,609
104,929
50,339
156,891
112,571
44,321
295,960
152,349
34,462
109,149
600,136
193,945
98,803
(D)
143,822
152,834
(D)
118,281
1,055,291
526,212
529,080
15,474
200,194
1,040,200
57,435
89,021
122,909
770,835
646,729
178,870
56,016
411,843
1,745,047
285,253
36,770
1,154,752
209,735
945,018
102,820
165,452
20,136,261
8,050,311
5,915,041
6,170,909
464,337
31,653
209,867
60,687
46,262
115,868
1,864,615
24,674
81,590
503,489
393,556
300,393
45,897
140,479
122,920
141,176
110,441

Expenditures for
property, plant,
Owners' equity and equipment
(3)
(4)
10,871,276
242,743
134,143
108,600
3,560,164
297,665
161,937
22,696
4,308
52,400
546
623,039
735,309
66,009
33,535
470,955
104,353
60,457
42,858
20,576
93,785
64,513
29,272
204,355
62,367
82,331
59,658
632,675
199,998
87,327
5,853
207,065
132,236
195
93,475
372,139
193,324
178,815
6,533
195,867
703,471
28,790
47,281
47,559
579,841
360,944
117,353
33,891
209,700
1,136,135
236,289
43,725
516,327
105,606
410,721
53,757
286,036
3,539,714
1,153,838
1,329,780
1,056,097
330,622
33,775
142,602
40,734
33,738
79,773
997,484
13,653
50,752
227,345
174,074
194,930
152,909
68,448
39,170
28,469
47,735

653,637
45,082
31,627
13,455
193,325
13,931
3,763
1,701
349
4,243
1,409
28,855
29,990
7,025
4,946
12,683
2,992
2,345
4,149
1,853
7,979
5,609
2,370
8,067
3,722
1,658
2,687
26,852
6,676
1,748
332
14,114
3,974
7
4,302
48,880
38,138
10,742
663
6,339
42,287
1,355
8,121
1,935
30,876
48,188
13,477
4,671
30,040
99,217
8,028
1,830
67,258
4,266
62,993
2,973
19,128
66,034
9,958
42,114
13,962
12,207
999
4,610
1,296
1,043
4,259
147,296
1,160
3,578
48,736
38,069
32,453
604
5,878
6,386
6,422
4,010

Sales
(5)
13,260,201
163,636
72,440
91,196
4,562,701
481,340
114,674
37,864
10,151
94,406
24,883
718,440
675,039
105,111
42,311
391,605
72,984
63,027
97,302
27,251
189,978
141,889
48,089
238,796
93,409
36,355
109,032
590,577
203,411
69,702
11,251
172,975
132,881
357
107,483
962,181
587,822
374,359
23,420
168,916
1,867,369
123,870
144,582
477,316
1,121,601
1,653,443
618,119
126,864
908,460
1,146,890
190,524
29,671
613,045
134,627
478,418
155,363
158,288
2,156,646
446,884
516,322
1,193,440
437,811
54,734
134,062
44,678
32,434
171,903
1,271,705
14,547
144,128
181,609
352,537
125,808
455
144,459
129,163
109,784
69,213

Net income
(6)
1,249,804
-1,641
-8,631
6,990
430,360
37,000
20,693
1,218
728
10,768
374
46,505
88,356
13,211
4,533
41,867
22,036
6,708
7,426
957
9,167
4,920
4,248
21,776
5,306
7,238
9,232
103,634
47,773
11,610
602
28,421
15,205
23
9,997
49,025
29,171
19,854
1,161
21,577
101,126
11,777
4,868
11,414
73,068
67,163
18,663
7,350
41,150
181,885
34,230
456
99,342
21,384
77,959
8,014
39,842
287,734
97,857
115,710
74,167
62,781
1,499
18,687
3,616
2,596
36,384
120,396
2,301
4,492
17,954
35,149
14,318
7,254
10,581
6,524
15,308
6,514

Value added
(7)
3,902,521
87,765
43,482
44,283
1,347,216
111,602
55,462
8,030
4,360
32,022
10,268
143,620
236,431
32,788
15,132
124,108
43,135
21,267
36,316
10,666
50,337
33,284
17,053
73,272
18,366
19,397
35,508
240,188
88,291
25,042
3,351
67,545
55,796
162
37,645
214,387
104,297
110,090
8,729
73,882
228,305
27,533
13,775
25,730
161,266
383,285
143,334
42,353
197,598
484,209
91,200
7,706
266,280
56,728
209,552
39,973
79,050
491,219
184,199
175,407
131,614
241,137
22,046
66,125
26,267
20,125
106,574
639,385
5,317
44,872
74,106
194,217
64,910
6,194
72,126
78,435
64,034
35,173

Research and
development
performed by
parents
(8)
298,321
927
(D)
(D)
201,102
2,595
355
218
45
1,988
153
2,696
65,197
1,151
3,716
56,930
2,487
912
1,506
416
1,296
652
644
9,046
3,310
2,761
2,975
61,195
18,092
9,373
876
21,528
11,326
0
4,336
40,776
18,113
22,663
606
8,679
6,803
1,792
(D)
1,676
(D)
2,364
0
(D)
(D)
51,782
20,780
(D)
3,187
(D)
(D)
3,106
(D)
1,590
(D)
1,133
(D)
24,547
(D)
13,618
(D)
176
8,611
9,205
(D)
84
8
(D)
(D)
1
639
(D)
85
323

Compensation
of employees
(9)
2,250,885
31,574
8,196
23,378
733,402
56,731
10,631
7,949
1,892
20,230
7,527
46,442
118,877
13,440
10,954
71,487
11,283
11,713
19,999
7,342
35,542
22,864
12,678
50,042
14,235
10,647
25,160
126,113
35,743
15,367
2,382
32,620
39,872
130
25,754
142,944
56,070
86,874
6,266
49,119
130,356
14,430
3,450
12,120
100,355
193,907
79,812
23,848
90,247
228,956
58,726
4,830
95,322
20,612
74,710
26,247
43,830
377,940
122,026
130,850
125,064
177,905
20,426
52,011
22,692
15,250
67,525
376,846
2,165
37,737
20,072
112,964
32,921
825
54,611
58,096
36,710
20,745

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)
28,071.2
272.2
48.4
223.8
7,350.8
829.7
125.9
176.7
30.8
216.4
107.1
325.7
913.9
115.5
83.4
423.9
149.4
141.6
317.4
78.1
442.6
273.5
169.1
515.7
137.0
92.0
286.8
949.0
226.0
113.7
K
236.4
341.8
G
276.0
1,464.9
673.9
791.0
83.9
496.8
1,738.8
160.4
37.5
128.3
1,412.6
5,812.3
2,493.5
886.1
2,432.7
2,222.2
462.3
115.6
1,064.1
259.6
804.6
290.0
290.2
2,844.3
997.8
733.0
1,113.4
1,618.8
208.2
435.0
220.4
139.1
616.1
6,211.9
35.9
358.8
172.4
1,414.2
359.2
7.8
1,120.0
819.8
1,364.0
559.6

D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
NOTE. Size ranges are given in employment cells that are suppressed. The size ranges are: A-1 to 499; F-500 to 999; G-1,000 to 2,499; H-2,500 to 4,999; I-5,000 to 9,999; J-10,000 to 24,999; K-25,000 to 49,999; L-50,000 to 99,999; M100,000 or more.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Table 2. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Industry of Affiliate, 2017
Millions of dollars
Number of affiliates with
assets, sales, or net
income (+/-) greater than
$25 million
(1)
All industries
Mining
Oil and gas extraction
Other
Manufacturing
Food
Beverages and tobacco products
Textiles, apparel, and leather products
Wood products
Paper
Printing and related support activities
Petroleum and coal products
Chemicals
Basic chemicals
Resins and synthetic rubber, fibers, and filaments
Pharmaceuticals and medicines
Soap, cleaning compounds, and toilet preparations
Other
Plastics and rubber products
Nonmetallic mineral products
Primary and fabricated metals
Primary metals
Fabricated metal products
Machinery
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery
Industrial machinery
Other
Computers and electronic products
Computers and peripheral equipment
Communications equipment
Audio and video equipment
Semiconductors and other electronic components
Navigational, measuring, and other instruments
Magnetic and optical media
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components
Transportation equipment
Motor vehicles, bodies and trailers, and parts
Other
Furniture and related products
Miscellaneous manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies
Petroleum and petroleum products
Drugs and druggists' sundries
Other
Retail trade
General merchandise stores
Clothing and clothing accessories stores
Other
Information
Publishing industries
Motion picture and sound recording industries
Broadcasting (except Internet) and telecommunications
Broadcasting (except Internet)
Telecommunications
Data processing, hosting, and related services
Other information services
Finance and insurance
Depository credit intermediation (banking)
Finance, except depository institutions
Insurance carriers and related activities
Professional, scientific, and technical services
Architectural, engineering, and related services
Computer systems design and related services
Management, scientific, and technical consulting
Advertising and related services
Other
Other industries

35,374
1,122
549
573
10,905
674
230
151
32
230
87
45
2,662
458
280
762
572
590
500
209
699
278
421
1,182
195
187
800
1,586
270
216
47
544
493
16
440
1,083
901
182
42
1,053
3,964
615
165
611
2,573
704
68
165
471
1,749
599
196
324
85
239
198
432
5,385
420
4,136
829
1,945
243
581
258
291
572
9,600
139
161
207
687
1,021
5,884
768
53
321
359

Total assets
(2)
27,910,398
1,071,053
764,235
306,818
3,264,002
251,424
125,937
20,073
9,812
50,112
12,861
107,923
872,559
120,403
106,908
452,755
87,867
104,627
77,560
61,957
149,340
65,827
83,514
355,782
70,492
40,809
244,482
517,351
172,110
40,723
10,253
204,965
85,053
4,245
141,293
271,357
231,108
40,249
3,443
235,217
1,229,108
165,387
64,214
329,903
669,603
303,238
111,927
24,245
167,067
633,811
304,900
27,653
171,894
52,944
118,950
36,095
93,269
9,876,890
2,413,602
6,232,147
1,231,140
612,028
37,745
273,475
126,436
39,155
135,217
10,920,268
21,112
32,426
145,328
135,027
481,836
9,621,319
225,363
20,948
122,389
114,520

Net property,
plant, and
equipment
(3)
1,437,988
418,639
326,705
91,934
475,572
40,695
22,554
2,597
2,045
14,108
1,866
26,294
110,721
31,024
13,650
36,496
12,357
17,196
16,413
18,809
29,545
19,331
10,214
26,677
8,059
2,988
15,631
69,582
14,261
4,810
737
44,973
4,602
199
8,652
63,327
57,415
5,912
539
21,148
50,626
8,126
8,823
7,415
26,263
63,231
(D)
3,682
(D)
56,980
9,158
1,836
35,053
9,348
25,705
3,457
7,476
37,379
6,105
24,094
7,180
29,323
1,869
16,813
2,544
1,470
6,627
306,237
8,210
3,521
74,114
46,177
93,671
815
7,620
8,939
32,447
30,724

Expenditures for
property, plant,
and equipment
(4)

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Construction
Utilities
Transportation and warehousing
Real estate and rental and leasing
Management of nonbank companies and enterprises
Administration, support, and waste management
Health care and social assistance
Accommodation and food services
Miscellaneous services
D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
The number of affiliates includes only the affiliates that meet the stated threshold; all other data are for all majority-owned affiliates.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

199,590
41,011
33,421
7,590
68,684
6,233
3,484
412
183
1,389
191
1,776
14,392
4,482
1,319
4,499
1,954
2,138
2,399
1,998
2,741
1,290
1,451
3,351
857
484
2,011
13,876
1,206
576
210
11,172
653
59
1,528
10,868
10,139
729
71
3,790
9,565
3,111
928
1,108
4,419
6,696
3,417
654
2,625
14,183
2,427
399
7,698
1,193
6,505
1,205
2,454
7,303
727
5,309
1,267
6,735
564
3,892
523
333
1,423
45,412
955
783
7,841
5,227
20,687
50
2,010
684
3,297
3,878

Sales
(5)
6,221,395
198,068
116,533
81,534
2,667,128
205,019
79,128
18,160
5,916
45,997
12,828
147,327
581,375
92,781
60,417
270,719
79,042
78,416
59,782
33,297
90,371
47,805
42,567
194,577
46,542
26,703
121,332
573,279
299,753
22,583
7,288
178,509
59,814
5,332
57,544
420,007
384,682
35,326
4,284
138,237
1,383,852
201,106
203,723
237,730
741,292
353,509
164,996
29,664
158,848
308,224
116,584
16,863
63,503
20,824
42,678
17,711
93,564
539,595
63,213
306,765
169,617
315,359
31,186
152,758
28,975
16,446
85,995
455,660
14,000
20,802
39,954
83,533
89,367
2,812
86,710
6,805
53,147
58,530

Net income
(6)
1,293,166
25,948
16,044
9,905
237,007
15,243
11,366
975
741
4,317
127
5,998
64,875
8,194
6,871
34,675
6,714
8,421
3,502
1,642
5,580
2,708
2,871
28,135
4,195
1,676
22,264
50,686
23,989
919
486
17,322
7,887
82
19,469
9,773
8,960
814
68
14,510
64,888
9,577
4,212
12,634
38,466
12,174
1,922
1,389
8,863
30,679
14,716
2,160
4,975
2,711
2,264
3,322
5,506
154,772
13,563
124,643
16,566
54,488
1,704
14,425
4,363
1,264
32,732
713,209
1,260
247
3,024
4,509
38,014
645,486
7,379
432
7,103
5,756

Value added
(7)
1,418,362
104,421
68,799
35,622
600,694
41,892
52,561
3,857
2,161
12,961
2,284
39,409
127,480
17,919
11,635
62,944
15,925
19,057
15,234
10,186
21,751
10,733
11,017
58,594
12,499
5,680
40,415
100,056
39,312
5,278
1,616
38,275
15,166
408
13,148
62,358
55,123
7,236
942
35,820
160,338
29,695
12,890
24,257
93,496
82,124
33,236
6,388
42,500
89,064
37,666
4,625
20,769
6,005
14,764
6,829
19,175
100,951
28,354
50,902
21,695
146,708
10,716
62,633
15,517
8,379
49,463
134,061
4,101
4,394
12,640
24,797
51,504
-62,173
42,428
3,674
24,065
28,632

Research and
development
performed
(8)
56,598
316
65
251
31,613
741
78
91
15
104
60
42
8,965
251
282
7,197
470
764
512
146
348
86
262
2,823
785
673
1,365
8,110
905
1,033
300
4,232
1,638
2
661
6,611
5,826
785
12
2,294
4,878
943
(D)
3,193
(D)
42
1
2
39
5,469
3,346
3
31
3
28
(D)
(D)
219
(D)
(D)
3
13,518
562
4,936
906
12
7,103
542
(D)
3
5
8
(D)
29
120
(D)
3
79

Compensation
of employees
(9)
614,731
18,649
6,342
12,306
223,582
16,328
7,671
2,217
1,055
5,561
1,412
2,238
43,490
5,715
4,398
20,009
5,365
8,003
8,523
4,574
10,855
4,453
6,402
26,691
6,708
3,323
16,660
30,965
8,542
3,152
906
11,098
7,038
229
7,167
37,179
32,383
4,796
735
16,921
57,857
16,074
1,357
11,036
29,391
33,112
15,303
3,772
14,037
37,289
14,464
1,339
7,392
1,846
5,546
4,617
9,477
66,588
15,558
35,942
15,088
85,249
8,434
42,696
11,582
6,750
15,787
92,405
1,400
3,852
2,384
14,167
11,384
2,195
30,635
2,337
11,386
12,664

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)
14,399.9
242.5
51.6
190.9
5,440.6
461.0
242.3
153.2
19.8
117.1
55.9
14.7
660.6
78.7
60.9
269.3
121.8
129.8
217.3
103.8
261.7
103.3
158.4
522.0
109.3
53.1
359.6
873.8
238.2
99.8
29.1
382.9
117.7
6.2
233.2
1,112.0
1,017.9
94.1
27.9
364.7
983.3
225.4
11.9
170.1
575.9
1,629.1
969.5
160.1
499.4
613.0
186.6
31.4
120.9
27.5
93.4
136.3
137.8
732.4
188.7
326.6
217.1
1,492.9
123.5
822.4
125.4
95.9
325.7
3,266.1
82.4
52.3
34.7
326.4
182.4
32.3
1,168.7
55.9
1,041.8
289.3

Number of
affiliates with
assets, sales,
or net income
(+/-) greater
than $25 million
(1)
All countries
Canada
Europe
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
Other
Latin America and Other
Western Hemisphere
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Venezuela
Other
Central America
Costa Rica
Honduras
Mexico
Panama
Other
Other Western Hemisphere
Barbados
Bermuda
Dominican Republic

Table 3. Selected Data for Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates by Country, 2017
Millions of dollars

Total assets
(2)

35,374
2,417
17,827
235
573
192
282
143
1,348
1,858
88
170
903
761
1,307
2,328
219
320
141
284
651
389
788
168
4,073
606

27,910,398
1,418,580
17,274,717
42,246
428,406
23,267
76,344
29,133
408,383
860,096
10,795
89,399
1,785,352
187,402
2,573,703
3,261,172
121,302
66,247
18,952
61,574
181,264
124,800
1,043,686
22,215
5,573,920
285,061

Net property,
plant, and
equipment
(3)
1,437,988
214,937
532,975
4,562
17,642
4,225
5,714
2,636
35,473
54,658
910
4,281
70,209
18,567
18,654
29,758
13,515
13,064
1,817
13,530
16,114
4,894
14,843
2,266
136,322
49,326

Expenditures
for property,
plant, and
equipment
(4)
199,590
21,948
83,399
477
2,767
663
510
334
6,580
8,619
107
576
10,125
4,363
2,785
8,036
1,450
2,045
201
1,889
2,355
1,002
2,862
(D)
18,337
(D)

Sales
(5)

Net income
(6)

Value added
(7)

6,221,395
587,493
2,976,441
23,289
161,044
17,198
19,604
9,570
200,159
338,985
5,331
16,857
368,999
114,658
82,402
289,788
30,942
43,661
10,848
45,005
83,592
34,803
351,375
27,587
643,519
57,226

1,293,166
38,503
838,947
1,819
9,439
945
1,310
718
7,283
15,166
425
3,378
178,667
6,696
121,423
259,194
9,093
1,993
408
1,273
6,961
4,910
69,627
868
110,650
26,699

1,418,362
131,276
715,037
6,226
27,066
5,184
5,286
3,116
52,053
85,514
2,612
4,302
97,478
32,005
8,701
69,606
13,580
11,737
3,303
11,218
17,408
9,956
52,780
9,073
179,738
7,094

Research and
development
performed
(8)
56,598
3,513
32,877
533
1,368
127
660
268
2,009
8,177
40
108
3,350
849
172
1,377
287
371
55
201
421
844
4,735
87
6,415
423

Compensation
of employees
(9)
614,731
62,721
309,922
3,666
10,823
2,301
3,927
1,374
34,188
52,539
830
1,747
9,883
15,036
2,097
18,846
4,169
5,165
1,291
3,884
10,361
5,821
13,329
1,900
101,491
5,254

Number of
employees
(thousands)
(10)
14,399.9
1,227.1
4,797.0
50.0
122.1
87.3
40.6
19.3
495.5
702.7
15.6
67.6
130.1
233.5
27.9
263.9
40.5
205.9
33.1
166.2
174.8
71.5
98.0
54.9
1,472.5
223.4

5,930

4,319,353

226,233

30,578

765,939

224,184

157,857

2,234

66,782

2,839.3

1,964
269
886
218
199
60
84
133
115
1,498
99
32
1,166
103
98
2,468
94
651
34

720,295
67,760
301,026
236,259
32,633
5,093
30,810
25,470
21,244
505,002
41,788
3,118
436,245
12,303
11,547
3,094,056
134,719
1,520,553
4,817

120,035
21,612
49,114
21,733
6,248
724
14,790
2,482
3,332
71,323
2,943
828
63,098
2,103
2,350
34,875
1,134
8,004
1,033

14,573
2,967
6,555
2,157
801
65
1,099
345
583
12,054
1,393
167
10,026
151
317
3,951
(D)
751
205

317,853
45,174
178,112
35,991
20,750
4,969
13,565
11,616
7,674
284,075
14,086
3,644
249,381
7,124
9,839
164,011
19,720
53,589
3,584

16,986
3,889
2,255
2,245
317
125
1,371
2,565
4,220
25,054
926
75
22,726
615
712
182,144
6,191
90,417
512

80,913
17,203
37,602
8,649
5,593
895
6,040
3,250
1,680
57,941
3,249
647
50,956
995
2,095
19,003
4,565
-12,634
1,130

1,269
130
886
52
73
4
107
15
2
633
104
4
504
14
7
332
1
77
2

38,290
5,941
22,643
3,568
2,587
454
1,677
987
432
24,612
1,696
425
21,200
497
794
3,880
22
1,243
256

1,122.2
136.6
634.7
153.6
89.8
17.4
46.4
30.9
12.9
1,629.5
94.9
47.6
1,395.2
18.1
73.6
87.6
0.9
13.5
22.5

1,423

1,254,254

11,469

947

62,008

75,086

11,431

(D)

1,376

23.6

266
878
76
87
254
461
554
198
79
164
113
7,768
1,088
1,727
842
533
180
786
343
280
162
176
889
260
241
261

179,713
342,638
23,218
(D)
42,243
(D)
215,892
71,955
25,495
50,878
67,564
4,339,217
779,063
446,712
414,879
164,917
64,955
1,022,012
169,613
80,466
25,535
36,091
896,146
81,538
78,912
78,378

13,234
76,212
5,724
(D)
3,981
(D)
29,178
6,613
3,947
9,643
8,975
358,453
81,891
64,981
8,093
21,386
20,889
28,956
16,877
11,842
3,208
6,057
35,517
13,407
13,448
31,901

(D)
6,889
1,296
1,429
624
3,539
3,233
607
194
901
1,531
53,544
8,786
11,703
1,172
4,490
3,446
4,791
1,911
1,635
519
1,016
6,295
2,684
1,417
3,681

25,109
82,242
11,469
11,731
31,607
27,436
65,147
20,696
9,454
25,589
9,409
1,744,132
153,406
375,634
140,316
94,121
25,106
235,272
70,891
46,955
13,882
22,388
437,309
39,238
56,227
33,386

9,938
6,397
522
2,268
1,043
2,565
12,458
2,717
891
2,984
5,866
172,676
15,756
25,920
18,266
7,778
4,814
22,004
5,424
3,699
1,349
2,058
51,858
3,491
5,852
4,409

14,512
27,648
3,668
7,805
5,849
10,326
24,601
9,901
1,560
9,326
3,814
361,942
48,329
71,515
19,024
34,747
14,217
46,574
16,250
9,344
4,156
6,452
49,775
8,815
15,165
17,580

(D)
116
20
(D)
62
(D)
2,832
2,621
15
194
2
15,026
940
3,650
197
3,586
29
2,875
1,014
612
34
102
1,421
441
111
14

982
7,294
608
1,055
3,442
2,189
11,898
6,084
1,866
2,817
1,130
156,114
26,249
30,276
11,197
21,824
2,399
25,167
7,523
3,277
1,679
3,021
13,779
3,464
2,969
3,292

27.1
252.0
37.0
9.0
112.4
93.7
140.5
74.2
20.6
29.9
15.8
5,143.8
323.0
1,734.6
134.3
1,292.2
107.8
357.4
120.4
168.2
38.1
296.2
186.4
83.6
159.8
141.8

16,140
15,794,909
448,124
71,106
2,493,397
731,127
683
343,286
77,798
5,444
81,331
16,601
D Suppressed to avoid disclosure of data of individual companies.
The number of affiliates includes only the affiliates that meet the stated threshold; all other data are for all majority-owned affiliates.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

628,875
32,413

27,385
255

285,075
8,837

4,368.3
125.8

United Kingdom Islands,
Caribbean
Other
Africa
Egypt
Nigeria
South Africa
Other
Middle East
Israel
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates
Other
Asia and Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea, Republic of
Malaysia
New Zealand
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Other
Addenda:
European Union (28)
OPEC

Table 4. Employment of Majority-Owned Foreign Affiliates, Country by Industry of Affiliate, 2017
[Thousands of employees]
Manufacturing
Of which:

All industries
(1)
All countries

Mining

Total

Food

Chemicals

Primary and
fabricated metals

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Machinery
(7)

Electrical
Computers and
equipment,
electronic
appliances, and
products
components
(8)

(9)

Transportation
equipment

Wholesale
trade

Retail trade

Information

Finance and
insurance

Professional,
scientific, and
technical services

Other
industries

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

(14)

(15)

(16)

14,399.9

242.5

5,440.6

461.0

660.6

261.7

522.0

873.8

233.2

1,112.0

983.3

1,629.1

613.0

732.4

1,492.9

Canada

1,227.1

22.6

298.2

31.5

30.9

18.2

22.0

24.8

8.6

66.5

104.0

399.0

28.9

37.7

79.2

257.5

Europe

4,797.0

53.4

1,898.6

139.9

295.4

122.0

231.6

204.2

70.8

381.9

395.1

442.2

234.2

240.0

426.2

1,107.3

3,266.1

Austria

50.0

(*)

24.9

1.2

5.6

1.0

3.1

1.8

G

5.7

3.7

3.6

1.9

4.1

4.3

7.5

Belgium

122.1

0.6

57.5

5.3

19.5

1.7

6.0

3.1

0.5

6.2

11.2

2.5

5.1

6.5

8.7

30.0

Czech Republic

87.3

0.0

56.8

1.6

3.0

3.7

7.3

8.2

G

20.4

4.1

1.1

1.7

0.8

9.3

13.6

Denmark

40.6

0.2

22.9

8.8

2.3

1.2

5.3

2.2

0.1

0.1

4.0

1.1

4.4

0.6

3.2

4.4

Finland

19.3

0.0

10.7

(*)

1.2

0.3

2.6

1.1

0.1

(*)

1.5

0.2

1.3

0.2

2.3

3.0

France

495.5

0.3

195.0

10.8

29.4

16.0

34.1

17.0

4.8

20.6

43.0

14.5

12.8

14.2

37.2

178.5

Germany

702.7

3.9

375.5

10.3

68.8

22.4

51.2

53.1

11.6

82.3

56.4

48.3

20.4

14.3

54.3

129.6

Greece

15.6

0.0

5.1

1.6

1.4

0.5

0.1

0.1

(*)

0.0

2.6

0.2

0.6

1.6

1.1

4.2

Hungary

67.6

0.1

42.5

1.4

1.1

2.4

2.7

7.2

H

17.5

2.8

0.8

2.2

2.3

7.6

9.4

Ireland

130.1

H

50.8

0.8

13.3

0.7

1.0

12.0

0.2

0.5

6.9

5.0

17.1

18.0

13.1

J

Italy

233.5

0.6

108.4

3.2

21.2

6.4

21.9

6.9

8.9

16.1

18.1

12.7

14.2

5.7

16.9

56.9

Luxembourg

27.9

G

16.4

0.0

6.8

0.3

0.5

(*)

0.1

(*)

0.1

0.8

1.2

3.6

0.5

H

Netherlands

263.9

6.7

102.1

10.7

24.8

2.9

11.3

22.0

2.1

9.5

25.9

7.2

16.5

5.4

20.2

79.7

Norway

40.5

7.9

12.1

0.6

1.2

G

4.4

0.9

0.8

A

2.2

1.7

1.7

1.1

2.8

11.0

Poland

205.9

0.1

136.4

21.9

8.9

8.0

5.8

7.1

9.1

52.3

11.6

1.8

4.8

9.4

15.6

26.2

Portugal

33.1

0.0

14.6

1.1

1.5

0.9

1.4

1.2

0.5

5.7

2.1

0.9

0.9

2.1

1.4

11.1

Russia

166.2

4.4

61.8

10.6

4.4

4.3

5.0

2.4

G

3.4

20.5

0.3

3.8

4.8

11.3

59.3

Spain

174.8

0.1

75.4

3.7

14.3

5.4

6.7

2.1

4.1

21.8

19.8

6.8

6.1

7.7

13.0

45.9

Sweden

71.5

(*)

29.5

0.6

4.3

2.8

4.5

2.4

0.5

5.2

5.7

1.3

4.9

3.2

6.1

20.8

Switzerland

98.0

0.8

43.2

1.7

8.7

0.8

6.7

8.1

1.3

0.9

19.1

1.7

6.2

3.2

9.4

14.3

Turkey

54.9

(*)

32.4

3.7

6.9

F

2.7

0.8

0.1

10.6

8.0

0.6

1.2

1.4

2.4

9.0

1,472.5

16.3

307.9

29.6

41.9

22.4

43.5

41.7

8.1

51.0

115.6

327.8

94.9

120.7

152.0

337.2

223.4

6.0

117.0

10.9

4.9

16.4

4.1

2.5

I

L

10.2

1.3

10.3

9.0

33.2

36.5

2,839.3

79.9

1,309.4

152.7

117.6

46.9

86.5

97.8

72.4

419.3

108.5

451.3

84.9

166.5

104.8

534.0

1,122.2

59.8

428.2

74.3

74.7

14.4

K

14.6

23.1

90.2

49.2

M

55.2

91.6

57.2

M

Argentina

136.6

7.5

51.6

12.3

12.8

0.7

2.6

0.4

0.4

10.6

9.0

J

10.4

9.1

8.6

K

Brazil

634.7

14.7

301.5

44.5

42.9

11.8

28.4

11.6

20.9

71.8

23.6

L

28.6

58.6

34.1

M

Chile

United Kingdom
Other
Latin America and Other
Western Hemisphere
South America

153.6

5.8

15.6

3.3

5.5

0.5

0.6

0.8

0.3

(*)

4.2

L

5.4

11.7

5.0

K

Colombia

89.8

15.1

23.8

4.6

4.2

1.2

0.9

1.6

1.5

G

4.4

2.0

5.1

7.4

5.4

26.7

Ecuador

17.4

1.0

6.9

F

0.8

0.0

(*)

0.1

(*)

0.7

3.8

0.5

0.3

1.6

0.9

2.3

Peru

46.4

12.2

7.5

2.3

1.9

(*)

0.5

(*)

(*)

0.0

1.5

(*)

0.8

1.5

2.0

21.0

Venezuela

30.9

1.3

15.6

5.1

6.5

0.2

0.3

0.1

(*)

H

2.1

0.5

H

1.3

0.8

I

Other

12.9

2.1

5.6

G

0.2

(*)

A

(*)

(*)

G

0.6

0.9

G

0.4

0.4

G

Central America

1,629.5

15.2

844.9

76.7

39.4

32.2

42.9

82.5

49.1

329.1

54.7

309.4

24.8

69.7

44.9

265.9

Costa Rica

94.9

0.0

32.2

H

4.6

0.2

0.1

H

G

I

J

J

0.5

G

9.9

19.7

Honduras

47.6

0.0

24.0

H

0.1

0.0

0.0

0.2

(*)

H

I

H

0.1

H

0.1

9.6

1,395.2

14.6

750.6

58.1

32.3

30.4

42.8

75.7

47.4

320.6

33.1

268.1

23.6

58.5

34.7

212.0

Panama

18.1

0.5

2.6

0.3

0.7

0.1

0.1

(*)

0.0

0.0

0.7

G

0.3

1.0

0.2

J

Other

73.6

0.0

35.5

10.0

1.7

1.5

(*)

H

A

(*)

0.5

J

0.3

6.0

0.1

J

87.6

5.0

36.2

1.7

3.5

0.3

J

0.6

0.2

(*)

4.6

H

4.9

5.2

2.7

K

Mexico

Other Western Hemisphere
Barbados
Bermuda

0.9

(*)

0.4

(*)

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.0

0.0

(*)

0.3

(*)

(*)

0.1

0.1

13.5

0.6

H

0.0

(*)

0.0

H

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

H

2.4

0.1

2.1

Dominican Republic

22.5

0.0

19.0

G

0.2

0.1

(*)

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.7

1.0

0.1

0.2

0.2

1.3

United Kingdom Islands,
Caribbean

23.6

2.2

9.9

0.0

2.7

0.0

H

0.4

(*)

(*)

H

(*)

(*)

1.2

1.6

I

Other

27.1

2.1

G

A

0.6

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.0

F

G

G

1.4

0.8

J

252.0

20.2

111.7

15.2

8.0

1.5

5.8

2.5

2.0

25.8

18.2

K

4.1

12.7

9.4

K

37.0

1.5

18.2

8.7

1.9

0.6

0.1

0.1

0.0

0.0

8.3

0.0

0.5

0.6

1.4

6.5
0.1

Africa
Egypt
Nigeria

9.0

5.5

2.2

0.0

0.3

(*)

0.6

(*)

0.0

0.0

0.5

0.0

0.3

0.4

(*)

112.4

0.6

34.8

3.5

5.0

0.5

4.6

1.8

G

J

7.6

K

3.1

6.7

6.5

J

Other

93.7

12.7

56.5

3.0

0.8

0.4

0.5

0.7

F

J

1.8

0.5

0.3

4.9

1.4

15.6

Middle East

140.5

14.9

43.6

3.5

4.3

2.6

9.0

14.9

0.4

0.3

6.6

0.9

10.9

5.2

33.3

25.1

Israel

74.2

0.2

28.4

0.2

2.6

1.2

5.7

13.5

0.3

0.3

3.4

0.5

6.4

1.5

17.4

16.5

Saudi Arabia

20.6

7.0

5.2

H

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.2

0.6

0.2

5.3

1.6

United Arab Emirates

29.9

2.4

6.7

0.1

1.1

0.6

2.5

1.2

0.1

0.0

2.3

0.2

3.6

2.1

6.2

6.3

Other

15.8

5.3

3.2

F

0.1

0.3

0.2

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.4

0.0

0.3

1.4

4.4

0.7

5,143.8

51.4

1,779.2

118.0

204.3

70.4

167.0

529.6

79.0

218.2

350.9

M

249.9

270.3

840.1

M

323.0

16.5

82.7

11.8

12.5

6.6

7.8

7.6

2.4

8.3

32.9

19.0

21.2

15.7

44.8

90.2

1,734.6

2.3

763.5

47.6

78.4

39.4

88.9

201.8

54.9

111.4

102.2

172.0

22.1

15.6

78.7

578.2

134.3

(*)

38.7

0.2

4.3

1.6

3.7

5.7

2.4

(*)

16.1

5.4

4.7

22.9

16.7

29.9

1,292.2

1.2

211.4

11.6

41.3

8.0

28.6

36.0

8.3

42.4

86.1

J

140.3

97.7

580.3

M

Indonesia

107.8

21.7

56.8

10.0

4.5

0.1

3.5

2.7

F

0.7

3.1

0.4

1.9

5.0

1.2

17.7

Japan

357.4

0.0

82.5

0.9

25.1

0.9

10.1

21.7

1.5

7.6

37.4

58.1

11.2

42.1

36.9

89.1

Korea, Republic of

120.4

0.2

59.0

0.9

5.7

1.0

5.4

13.5

0.7

22.1

10.0

8.3

2.5

9.3

7.0

24.3

Malaysia

168.2

2.0

126.5

2.4

4.8

1.6

3.6

96.0

H

2.3

6.2

1.3

1.7

5.9

7.7

16.9

South Africa

Asia and Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India

New Zealand

38.1

0.1

8.9

2.1

1.2

0.1

1.1

0.9

0.1

(*)

3.4

3.2

1.9

2.6

4.1

13.8

Philippines

296.2

(*)

65.7

1.7

2.0

H

0.1

36.3

G

G

9.7

1.8

24.6

7.6

35.0

151.7

Singapore

40.2

186.4

2.6

73.5

1.8

7.5

1.4

7.9

29.9

1.8

4.0

21.1

1.7

9.4

24.6

13.5

Taiwan

83.6

0.0

42.3

0.7

3.9

1.7

2.4

23.9

0.2

3.6

10.4

6.1

3.4

8.3

5.5

7.6

Thailand

159.8

2.9

104.7

16.9

9.2

1.8

3.9

42.4

0.5

12.9

8.0

3.3

1.1

6.8

3.4

29.6

Other

141.8

1.9

63.1

9.4

3.9

G

0.1

11.3

(*)

G

4.4

0.8

3.9

6.3

5.2

56.3

4,368.3

34.8

1,730.0

119.5

272.6

113.1

212.2

191.8

66.8

365.2

341.9

437.3

220.0

225.1

381.6

997.8

125.8

29.0

37.6

9.0

9.3

1.4

4.3

1.7

0.1

H

9.5

1.4

8.0

5.8

17.0

17.4

Addenda:
European Union (28)
OPEC

* A nonzero value that rounds to zero
NOTE. Size ranges are given in employment cells that are suppressed. The size ranges are: A-1 to 499; F-500 to 999; G-1,000 to 2,499; H-2,500 to 4,999; I-5,000 to 9,999; J-10,000 to 24,999; K-25,000 to 49,999; L-50,000 to 99,999; M-100,000 or more.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

Table 5. Selected Data of U.S. Multinational Enterprises, 2017
Millions of dollars, except as noted
All U.S. MNEs
(1)
U.S. parents
Total assets
Total liabilities
Owners' equity
Capital expenditures
Sales
Net income
Value Added
Research and development performed
Compensaton of employees
Number of employees (thousands)

42,143,617
31,272,341
10,871,276
653,637
13,260,201
1,249,804
3,902,521
298,321
2,250,885
28,071.2

U.S.-headquartered MNEs
(2)
36,638,170
26,967,995
9,670,175
564,235
11,551,005
1,198,313
3,514,230
266,083
2,020,499
25,590.9

Foreign-headquartered
MNEs
(3)
5,505,447
4,304,346
1,201,101
89,402
1,709,196
51,491
388,291
32,238
230,385
2,480.2

Majority-owned foreign affiliates
Number of affiliates
Total assets
Net property, plant, and equipment
Capital expenditures
Sales
Net income
Value added
Research and development performed
Compensaton of employees
Number of employees (thousands)

35,374
33,353
2,021
27,910,398
26,994,395
916,003
1,437,988
1,307,822
130,166
199,590
179,718
19,872
6,221,395
5,930,150
291,245
1,293,166
1,257,314
35,852
1,418,362
1,339,341
79,021
56,598
54,820
1,778
614,731
582,307
32,424
14,399.9
13,500.1
899.7
The number of affiliates includes only affiliates with total assets, sales, or net income (loss) greater than $25 million; all other data are for all affiliates.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis