In the first nine months of 2025, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Georgia’s trade sector fell sharply. According to official data, only $31.7 million in FDI was invested in the sector, marking an 83.3% decline compared to the same period last year. Among all sectors, trade ranked 11th in terms of attracted investment.
According to statistics, the trade sector includes wholesale and retail trade, as well as the repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles. BM.GE reviewed which countries and companies invested in the sector during this period.
Official figures show that nearly half of total FDI in trade came from Turkey. The list of top investor countries is as follows:
- Turkey – $15.2 million
- Austria – $10.5 million
- Malta – $5.6 million
- Armenia – $5.3 million
- Netherlands – $3.6 million
- Latvia – $3.6 million
- Belarus – $3.1 million
- Germany – $2.9 million
- Kazakhstan – $2.9 million
Geostat explains that data for some countries are confidential under Article 34 of the Law of Georgia on Official Statistics, as their disclosure could allow direct or indirect identification of statistical units. In this case, the confidential information concerns Finland.
As for companies that attracted the largest investments in the trade sector during the first nine months of 2025, the top 10 list includes:
- Wissol Petroleum Georgia JSC
- SOCAR Georgia Gas Distribution JSC
- Lukoil-Georgia LLC
- ATU Georgia LLC
- Wolt Services Georgia LLC
- Real Estate Management Company LLC
- LC Waikiki GE LLC
- GDG LLC
- Agrobest Georgia LLC
- Georgia Electronic Company Trade LLC
Note: companies listed in no particular order
