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Microsoft (MSFT) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)

Microsoft's Research & Development history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $8.5 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Research & Development rose 7.41% year-over-year to $8.5 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $33.7 billion, up 8.04%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $32.5 billion, 10.09% up from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 was $8.5 billion at Microsoft, up from $8.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $8.8 billion in Q2 2025 and bottomed at $5.2 billion in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $6.9 billion (2022), against an average of $7.1 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Research & Development grew 21.18% in 2022 before it fell 1.61% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $5.8 billion in 2021, then rose by 18.86% to $6.8 billion in 2022, then increased by 4.35% to $7.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 10.85% to $7.9 billion in 2024, then increased by 7.41% to $8.5 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MSFT's Research & Development are $8.5 billion (Q4 2025), $8.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $8.8 billion (Q2 2025).