Blackline (BL) Research & Development (2015 - 2026)
Blackline posted quarterly Research & Development of $30.6 million for Q1 2026, up 18.79% year-on-year from $25.7 million in Q1 2025, and up 8.44% on a QoQ basis from $28.2 million in Q4 2025.
Blackline (BL) has 12 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $30.6 million in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 18.79% year-over-year to $30.6 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $114.0 million (up 12.15% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $109.2 million, up 8.15% from the prior year.
- Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $30.6 million, up from $28.2 million in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $30.6 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $22.6 million in Q4 2023.
- The 5-year median for Research & Development is $26.8 million (2023), against an average of $26.6 million.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development surged 48.45%; it then decreased 19.43% in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $28.0 million in 2022, then declined by 19.43% to $22.6 million in 2023, then gained by 8.9% to $24.6 million in 2024, then gained by 14.62% to $28.2 million in 2025, then grew by 8.44% to $30.6 million in 2026.
- The last three Research & Development figures came in at $30.6 million (Q1 2026), $28.2 million (Q4 2025), and $27.3 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | R&D (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -1.99 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 1.62 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 951.00 Mn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 437.00 Mn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 823.00 Mn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 508.44 Mn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 1.11 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 253.90 Mn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 840.00 Mn |
| 10 | Blackline | 1.72 Bn | 1.22 Bn | 139.15 Mn | 30.56 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 30.56 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 28.18 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 27.33 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 27.96 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 25.73 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 24.59 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 25.65 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 25.72 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 25.02 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 22.58 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 26.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 26.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 27.11 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 28.02 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 27.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 27.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 25.25 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 20.71 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.84 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 18.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 18.97 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 18.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 14.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 11.85 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 11.75 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 10.31 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 11.56 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 10.83 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 10.31 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 8.75 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 7.26 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 7.81 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 6.93 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 6.03 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 5.88 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 6.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 5.95 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 18.10 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 1.10 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 5.19 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 5.27 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | -9.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 4.90 Mn |