SelectUSA is the U.S. government-wide program to promote and facilitate business investment in the United States. SelectUSA provides services to international investors of all sizes and U.S. state, regional and local economic development organizations (EDOs), working across the federal government. SelectUSA can help foreign investors: 1. Find the information you need to make decisions about investing; 2. Connect you to the right people at the local level; 3. Navigate the federal regulatory system and find solutions to issues related to the federal government. To learn more, please visit our website at www.selectusa.gov

1. How can we help you?
SelectUSA is the single point of contact at the national level for companies
looking to start or grow your business in the United States.
We work one-on-one with investors to offer tools, data, and other
information; identify relevant federal programs; demystify federal rules and
regulations; and link businesses with partners and resources.
Our services for companies:
Get the information you need to make decisions.
Our investment specialists provide the credible,
unbiased, detailed data and analytics you need to
make critical decisions about your investment.
Connect to the right people at the local level.
SelectUSA makes direct introductions and hosts
world-class events, ensuring you meet the people
who can help you move your investment forward.
Find your way in the federal regulatory system.
The U.S. system is recognized for its ease of doing
business. We work with companies to find answers
and solve issues with federal regulations or programs.
Most services are free of charge and all are treated as business confidential.
U.S. Department of Commerce | International Trade Administration
What is SelectUSA?
SelectUSA is the U.S.
government program to
promote, facilitate, and
encourage business investment
in the United States.
Vinai Thummalapally
SelectUSA Executive Director
Vinai.Thummalapally@trade.gov
Peggy Philbin
Deputy Executive Director
Peggy.Philbin@trade.gov
Reach out to us:
write info@selectusa.gov
call +1 (202) 482 6800
tweet @SelectUSA
www.SelectUSA.gov
Your Partner for Investing in the United States

2. Top destination for business investment
Success in the U.S. market can help drive success globally. Our nation is incredibly diverse, with the world’s
most attractive consumer market, a thriving culture of innovation, and a highly productive workforce.
In the United States, companies of all sizes—from start-ups to multinationals—can find the ideas, resources,
and market they need to be competitive.
Why invest in the United States?
Your Partner for Investing in the United States
World’s most attractive-
consumer market-
$17 trillion
annual GDP

320 million
people
Competitive
export
platform
Free trade
agreements with
20 nations

Fastest export
procedures
Transparent, fair,
and stable
business
environment
Robust economic resurgence-
Voted #1
in A.T. Kearney’s
2015 FDI
Confidence Index
Strong
intellectual
property
protections
Global leader in-
research & development (R&D)-
Home to more
than 31% of
total world R&D
expenditures
Innovative
partnerships with
top research
institutions
Highly educated
and productive
workforce
Diverse, abundant
natural
resources Low-cost, stable-
energy supply-