The UK | a top destination for financial and professional services investment

Trends in 2025

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.
• Total investment 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 is the largest tech hub in Europe, with over 3,500 fintech companies and 1.4 million tech jobs. 
• FPS FDI contributes to the wider UK economy. More than half (53%) of all jobs created by foreign investment were outside the capital, underlining the sector’s role in driving growth across the country. 

£1.7bn capital invested in FPS
projects in 2025

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. 

Across the past 5 years, London has been the world’s #1 global financial centre for FPS investment by number of projects attracted (672), and the #3 global financial centre by total investment value (£3.9bn).