Alphabet (GOOGN) Capital Expenditures (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet (GOOGN) posted Capital Expenditures of $51.36 billion for Q3 2026, up 114.4% from $23.95 billion a year earlier and up 14.3% from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet (GOOGN) Capital Expenditures (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Capital Expenditures at Alphabet was $159.8 billion, up 105.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $91.45 billion, up 74.1% from FY2024.
- Annual Capital Expenditures has increased for five consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 32.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Alphabet's Capital Expenditures was $52.54 billion in FY2024 (+62.9%), $32.25 billion in FY2023 (+2.4%), $31.49 billion in FY2022 (+27.8%) and $24.64 billion in FY2021 (+10.6%).
- The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Capital Expenditures in data going back to Q4 2014.
- On a year-over-year basis, Capital Expenditures has increased in each of the last 14 quarters, with growth averaging 80.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Capital Expenditures in the past five years was Q3 2026, with growth of 114.4%; the weakest was Q1 2023, with a decline of 35.7%.
- According to Business Quant data, Capital Expenditures for the three prior quarters was $44.92 billion (Q2 2026), $35.67 billion (Q1 2026) and $27.85 billion (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 51.36 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 44.92 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.67 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 27.85 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 23.95 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 22.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 17.20 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.28 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 13.06 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 13.19 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.01 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.02 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 8.06 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 6.89 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 6.29 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 7.60 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 7.28 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 6.83 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 9.79 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 6.38 Bn |
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Alphabet Capital Expenditures API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=GOOGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "capital-expenditures", "ticker": "GOOGN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=capital-expenditures&ticker=GOOGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();