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

Apple (AAPL) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported 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.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $11.4 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $6.4 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $7.8 billion (2024), against an average of $8.1 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when Research & Development slipped 0.17%; it then surged 33.56% in 2026.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $7.7 billion in 2022, then slipped by 0.17% to $7.7 billion in 2023, then advanced by 7.43% to $8.3 billion in 2024, then jumped by 31.68% to $10.9 billion in 2025, then increased 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.

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