Backblaze (BLZE) Research & Development (2020 - 2025)

Backblaze's (BLZE) quarterly Research & Development came in at $9.0 million in Q3 2025, down 16.19% year-on-year from $10.7 million in Q3 2024, and down 24.26% quarter-over-quarter from $11.9 million in Q2 2025.

Backblaze (BLZE) Research & Development (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Backblaze's Research & Development history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $9.0 million for Q3 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development fell 16.19% year-over-year to $9.0 million in Q3 2025; TTM through Sep 2025 was $42.1 million, a 1.3% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at $42.1 million, up 2.01% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development slipped to $9.0 million in Q3 2025 per BLZE's latest filing, from $11.9 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $11.9 million in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $4.3 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $9.4 million (2024), against an average of $8.9 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development jumped 86.02% in 2022 and dropped 16.21% in 2024, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $7.4 million in 2021, then gained by 16.61% to $8.6 million in 2022, then climbed by 29.71% to $11.2 million in 2023, then retreated by 16.21% to $9.4 million in 2024, then dropped by 3.91% to $9.0 million in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BLZE Research & Development figures stand at $9.0 million (Q3 2025), $11.9 million (Q2 2025), and $11.9 million (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,842.90 Bn 2,718.46 Bn 56.06 Bn 6.81 Bn
2 PagSeguro Digital 2,572.26 Bn 2,572.26 Bn 358.92 Mn -
3 Oracle 329.59 Bn 297.69 Bn - 4.01 Bn
4 Repay Holdings 314.63 Bn 314.48 Bn - -
5 Palantir Technologies 294.47 Bn 286.44 Bn 1.42 Bn 160.98 Mn
6 Palo Alto Networks 227.51 Bn 222.98 Bn 1.91 Bn 823.00 Mn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 183.28 Bn 180.18 Bn 993.68 Mn 802.89 Mn
8 Fortinet 112.44 Bn 109.14 Bn 1.49 Bn 636.30 Mn
9 Cloudflare 92.78 Bn 91.83 Bn 455.60 Mn 271.60 Mn
10 Backblaze 664.36 Mn 612.98 Mn - -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Sep 30, 2025 9.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 11.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 11.86 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 9.36 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 10.73 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 10.99 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 9.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 11.17 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 9.64 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 9.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 10.53 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 8.61 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 8.15 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 8.37 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.94 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 7.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 5.34 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 4.71 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 4.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 4.69 Mn