Apple (AAPL) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Apple has reported Research & Development for 18 years, with the latest figure at $11.4 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 33.56% year-over-year to $11.4 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $40.0 billion (up 22.86% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $34.6 billion, up 10.14% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $11.4 billion, up from $10.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Research & Development was $11.4 billion in Q1 2026, with the low at $6.4 billion in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Research & Development has averaged $8.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $7.8 billion in 2024.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Research & Development slipped 0.17% — and 2026, when it surged 33.56%.
• Apple's Research & Development stood at $7.7 billion in 2022, then decreased by 0.17% to $7.7 billion in 2023, then gained by 7.43% to $8.3 billion in 2024, then soared by 31.68% to $10.9 billion in 2025, then grew by 4.89% to $11.4 billion in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $11.4 billion (Q1 2026), $10.9 billion (Q4 2025), and $8.9 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.