Microsoft (MSFT) Research & Development (2009 - 2026)

Microsoft has disclosed Research & Development across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $8.9 billion for Q1 2026.

• Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $8.9 billion, up 8.75% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $34.4 billion (up 8.45% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $32.5 billion, up 10.09% from the prior year.
• Research & Development came in at $8.9 billion for Q1 2026 at Microsoft, up from $8.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $8.9 billion in Q1 2026 to a low of $6.3 billion in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Research & Development is $7.5 billion (2024), against an average of $7.5 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development rose 21.18% in 2022 and declined 1.61% in 2023, its largest moves.
• Microsoft's Research & Development stood at $6.8 billion in 2022, then gained by 4.35% to $7.1 billion in 2023, then increased by 10.85% to $7.9 billion in 2024, then gained by 7.41% to $8.5 billion in 2025, then rose by 4.83% to $8.9 billion in 2026.
• The last three Research & Development figures came in at $8.9 billion (Q1 2026), $8.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $8.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.