It's time for BEA's benchmark survey of foreign direct investment in the United States, conducted every five years.

The BE-12 is our most comprehensive survey on financial and operating data of U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational enterprises.

  • The survey covers fiscal years ending in 2022.
  • All entities subject to the reporting requirements must file, even if they are not contacted by BEA.
  • Those who would normally file a BE-15 annual survey will file the benchmark survey instead for 2022.
  • Refer to the FAQs below for more about who is required to file.

Federal law protects the confidentiality of the data that companies report.

BE-12 survey forms for 2022

How can I file?

File online here with eFile

   

File by Mail or Fax

All entities must file one of the following forms:

BE-12A Survey Form  PDF
Part III Overflow page  PDF
Export Overflow page  PDF
Import Overflow page  PDF
BE-12B Survey Form  PDF
Part III Overflow page  PDF
BE-12C Survey Form  PDF
Part III Overflow page  PDF
BE-12 Claim for Not Filing  PDF
BE-12 BE-12 Supplements  XLSX
To be used for overflow or in place of supplements on BE-12A, BE-12B, and BE-12C forms

  

Additional Documents

Guidance materials

Statistics from the Survey

More About BEA's International Data and Surveys

What's New...
Contacts

BE-12

(301) 278-9247
(301) 278-9500
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

When communicating by email with BEA, please do not include sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in the text or in an unencrypted attachment.

Sensitive PII is information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity, such as a Social Security Number (full or partial).

Any document containing sensitive PII that is attached to an email must be encrypted. Any email received by BEA that contains sensitive PII in the text or in an unencrypted attachment will be blocked and deleted.

If you have any questions, please contact us using the contact information on the survey you are completing.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)