Microsoft (MSFT) Research & Development (2016 - 2025)
Microsoft (MSFT) has disclosed Research & Development for 17 consecutive years, with $8.5 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Research & Development rose 7.41% to $8.5 billion in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $33.7 billion through Dec 2025, up 8.04% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $32.5 billion for FY2025, 10.09% up from the prior year.
- Research & Development hit $8.5 billion in Q4 2025 for Microsoft, up from $8.1 billion in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $8.8 billion in Q2 2025 to a low of $5.2 billion in Q1 2021.
- Historically, Research & Development has averaged $7.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $6.9 billion in 2022.
- Biggest five-year swings in Research & Development: increased 21.18% in 2022 and later dropped 1.61% in 2023.
- Year by year, Research & Development stood at $5.8 billion in 2021, then grew by 18.86% to $6.8 billion in 2022, then rose by 4.35% 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.
- Business Quant data shows Research & Development for MSFT at $8.5 billion in Q4 2025, $8.1 billion in Q3 2025, and $8.8 billion in Q2 2025.