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

Microsoft (MSFT) has 18 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development fell 16.88% year-over-year to $6.8 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $37.6 billion (up 5.78% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $32.5 billion, up 10.09% from the prior year.
• Research & Development slipped to $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, from $8.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $14.1 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $2.3 billion in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of $7.5 billion and a median of $7.1 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
• Across the five-year window, Research & Development sank 74.39% in 2023 and jumped 415.41% in 2024, its largest moves.
• Tracing MSFT's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $5.7 billion in 2022, then gained by 25.76% to $7.1 billion in 2023, then grew by 10.85% to $7.9 billion in 2024, then rose by 7.41% to $8.5 billion in 2025, then retreated by 19.87% to $6.8 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MSFT's Research & Development at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, $8.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $8.1 billion in Q3 2025.