Salesforce (CRM) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Salesforce (CRM) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 14.01% year-over-year to $1.6 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at $6.0 billion (up 9.1% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was $6.0 billion, up 9.1% from the prior year.
• Research & Development for Q1 2026 stood at $1.6 billion, up from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $1.6 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.1 billion in Q1 2023.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $1.3 billion (2022), against an average of $1.3 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development soared 38.59%; it then declined 12.63% in 2023.
• A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $1.3 billion in 2022, then declined by 5.94% to $1.2 billion in 2023, then increased by 12.62% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then grew by 5.68% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then advanced by 12.98% to $1.6 billion in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.6 billion (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

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