EIB Investment Survey 2025
Investment growth is waning: 86% of EU firms still planned to invest in 2025, compared with 87% in the 2024 survey, but their appetite has weakened.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has commissioned Ipsos to undertake its annual Investment Survey since 2016. This targets non-finance businesses with 5+ employees in the 27 EU Member States and (in the 2024 and 2025 iterations) the US. In 2025, the study included 11,990 EU interviews (c400 per Member State) and 801 US interviews. The survey provides country-specific insights on the current state and drivers of investment decisions among businesses.
Key findings from the 2025 report on the survey include:
- Investment growth is waning: 86% of EU firms still planned to invest in 2025, compared with 87% in the 2024 survey, but their appetite has weakened. Businesses are finding it difficult to plan due to geopolitical changes
- There has been upheaval in global supply changes, with 19% of importing firms in the EU saying that they are diversifying or increasing the number of countries they import from
- Tariffs shook US firms more, as they are more concerned about changes in customers and tariffs than EU firms (77% vs 48% respectively)
- EU firms appear more aware of the consequences of decarbonisation and the transition to green energy than their American counterparts
- The US-EU digital gap has closed further thanks to an acceleration of the adoption of advanced digital technologies among EU firms (77% vs. 78% for US firms)
