Foreign investment in Spain reached 12.446 billion euros in the first half of 2026, up 31.2% from a year earlier. Madrid and Catalonia took the largest shares, while Castilla-La Mancha received 129.2 million euros.
Foreign investment in Spain reached 12.446 billion euros in the first half of 2026. That was a 31.2% increase from the same period a year earlier.
Madrid and Catalonia received the largest amounts. Castilla-La Mancha attracted 129.2 million euros. The figures show that overseas capital is reaching several Spanish regions, but most of it is still concentrated in a few places. The national total and regional figures come from the official Datainvex series.
Madrid received 5.6357 billion euros, almost half of the national total. Catalonia followed with 2.3586 billion euros after posting a 68.5% increase from the first half of 2025.
The data come from Datainvex, the database maintained by the Secretaría de Estado de Comercio. It is the primary source for the country and regional breakdown.
Bloomberg reported that investment from the United States rose despite political tensions, highlighting the resilience of the American role in Spain’s foreign-investment figures.
Valencia also recorded a large inflow at 1.8458 billion euros. Andalucía reached 903.6 million euros, while Castilla y León recorded 425.2 million euros.
Other regional figures included 185.3 million euros for Aragón, 172.4 million for Galicia, 170.5 million for Canarias, 157.1 million for Asturias, 126.1 million for Baleares and 110.9 million for the Región de Murcia.
Castilla-La Mancha is below the main investment destinations but above several other regions. Its 129.2 million euros put it ahead of Baleares and the Región de Murcia, although it remained well behind the largest metropolitan economies.
The official Datainvex statistics place the regional figures within the same national series used to identify the leading investor countries. This makes it possible to compare both the geographic destination of capital and its country of origin on a consistent basis.
The foreign capital is also tied more closely to new business activity.
Investment from the United States made up 23% of the total. It grew 84% from the first half of 2025. The Ministry of Economy Commerce and Enterprise pointed to the strength of American participation as evidence that major companies and international funds remain interested in Spain. No other country matched the United States in the breakdown provided.
New projects added to the positive figures. Investment classified as greenfield, which covers new facilities and productive capacity, rose by more than 52%.
Greenfield and brownfield operations together made up 30.5% of foreign direct investment in the first half of the year. In practical terms, almost one euro in three went to projects involving new or existing productive installations.
The wider business picture can be read alongside an earlier fuel report about rising costs for Spain's hauliers. The figures in this report point in the other direction. They show capital entering Spain rather than a cost increase facing companies.
Separate data from fDi Markets put Spain fourth worldwide for the number of foreign investment projects received during the first seven months of 2026. Only the United States, the United Kingdom and India ranked higher.
That comparison counts projects, not the euro value recorded by Datainvex. The two measures should not be treated as identical.
Spain's result is strong but uneven. Madrid and Catalonia receive the largest sums. The United States supplies 23% of the total, while productive projects account for 30.5% of investment.
Castilla-La Mancha's 129.2 million euros show that foreign investment reaches beyond the two leading destinations, but the regional spread is still limited. The available figures show capital and new projects entering Spain at scale. The harder task is spreading that inflow more widely across the country.
