Record foreign investment thanks to transport and logistics

Never before have foreign companies invested as much in our country as they did last year. Belgium secured 215 projects, up 7.5% compared to 2016. With this increase, Belgium confirms the European trend, as overall European investment figures also rose by 10% to a high of 6,653 projects. On the European investment ranking, Belgium maintains its eighth place. Apart from the United States, it is mainly our neighbouring countries that are investing. All this emerges from the Barometer of Belgian Attractiveness, the annual study by audit firm EY. That study measures Belgium’s attractiveness as an investment location.