Amazon Com (AMZN) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Amazon Com's (AMZN) quarterly Research & Development came in at $29.6 billion in Q1 2026, up 28.59% year-on-year from $23.0 billion in Q1 2025, and up 2.09% quarter-over-quarter from $29.0 billion in Q3 2025.

Amazon Com (AMZN) Research & Development (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Amazon Com has disclosed Research & Development across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $29.6 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $29.6 billion, up 28.59% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $108.7 billion (up 23.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $108.5 billion, up 22.56% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development came in at $29.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Amazon Com, up from $29.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $29.6 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $14.8 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $21.9 billion (2023), against an average of $22.3 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development surged 37.78% in 2023 and dropped 0.13% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Amazon Com's Research & Development stood at $19.5 billion in 2022, then climbed by 8.82% to $21.2 billion in 2023, then advanced by 4.91% to $22.2 billion in 2024, then surged by 30.2% to $29.0 billion in 2025, then gained by 2.09% to $29.6 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $29.6 billion (Q1 2026), $29.0 billion (Q3 2025), and $27.2 billion (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Amazon Com 2,551.03 Bn 2,407.94 Bn 171.21 Bn 29.57 Bn
2 Mercadolibre 82.72 Bn 77.07 Bn 3.86 Bn 699.00 Mn
3 DoorDash 72.09 Bn 67.22 Bn 2.04 Bn 398.00 Mn
4 PDD Holdings 62.92 Bn 38.25 Bn 12.81 Bn -714.26 Mn
5 Ebay 48.30 Bn 44.44 Bn 2.29 Bn 450.00 Mn
6 Coupang 34.44 Bn 34.35 Bn 2.30 Bn -
7 Zkh 14.36 Bn 14.36 Bn 285.30 Mn -4.25 Mn
8 Wayfair 10.72 Bn 9.65 Bn 880.00 Mn -
9 Maplebear 10.27 Bn 9.58 Bn 738.00 Mn 164.00 Mn
10 Chewy 7.37 Bn 6.85 Bn 1.01 Bn -

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 29.57 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 28.96 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 27.17 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 22.99 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 22.25 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 22.30 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 20.42 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 21.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 21.93 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 20.45 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 19.49 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 18.07 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 14.84 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 14.38 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 13.87 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 12.49 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 10.98 Bn
Jun 30, 2020 10.39 Bn
Mar 31, 2020 9.33 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 9.20 Bn