Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research & Development (2022 - 2026)

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Research & Development of $253.9 million for Q1 2026, up 2.75% year-over-year from $247.1 million in Q1 2025, and down 1.51% quarter-over-quarter from $257.8 million in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Research & Development (2022 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 5 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $253.9 million in Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $253.9 million, up 2.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $1.0 billion (up 6.74% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $988.6 million, up 3.44% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development eased to $253.9 million in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $257.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $269.4 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at $204.2 million in Q4 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $236.8 million and a median of $239.5 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • On a YoY basis, Research & Development climbed as much as 16.35% in 2024 and fell as far as 1.65% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $204.2 million in 2022, then gained by 12.0% to $228.7 million in 2023, then rose by 4.72% to $239.5 million in 2024, then grew by 7.64% to $257.8 million in 2025, then declined by 1.51% to $253.9 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADP's Research & Development at $253.9 million in Q1 2026, $257.8 million in Q4 2025, and $251.2 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.20 Bn
10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn 534.94 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 253.90 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 257.80 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 251.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 269.40 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 247.10 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 239.50 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 232.60 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 247.90 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 242.70 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 228.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 236.50 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 222.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 208.60 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 204.20 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 209.80 Mn