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International Business Machines (IBM) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

International Business Machines (IBM) has 17 years of Research & Development data on record, last reported at $2.2 billion in Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Research & Development rose 11.24% year-over-year to $2.2 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $8.3 billion, up 11.19%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $8.3 billion, 11.19% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development reached $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 per IBM's latest filing, up from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $2.2 billion in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $1.6 billion in Q4 2021.
  • Average Research & Development over 5 years is $1.8 billion, with a median of $1.7 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Research & Development: dropped 1.43% in 2023, then rose 13.91% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $1.6 billion in 2021, then rose by 1.45% to $1.6 billion in 2022, then rose by 8.98% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then rose by 12.47% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then grew by 11.24% to $2.2 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant database, its latest 3 readings for Research & Development were $2.2 billion in Q4 2025, $2.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $2.1 billion in Q2 2025.