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Published March 2025

Belfast facts and figures 2025

Investment Destination

  • #2 Mid-Sized European City of the Future for FDI Strategy
  • £1 billion Belfast Region City Deal investment forecast to create 20,000 new jobs over the next 10 years
  • 70 per cent of new investors have reinvested in the region
  • Over £1bn invested in businesses (as a result of Invest NI assistance) in the last five years creating over 9,298 new jobs
  • #10 ranked Mid-Sized European City of the Future 2025 for Business Friendliness
  • 26 per cent increase in total equity investment in local businesses over the last three years
  • Belfast ranks in the top one third of UK cities in the latest Demos-PwC good Growth for cities index
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