Growth Metrics

SEMrush Holdings (SEMR) Research & Development (2020 - 2025)

SEMrush Holdings posted quarterly Research & Development of $25.7 million for Q4 2025, up 20.86% year-on-year from $21.3 million in Q4 2024, and little changed on a QoQ basis from $25.7 million in Q3 2025.

SEMrush Holdings (SEMR) has 6 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $25.7 million in Q4 2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q4 2025, Research & Development rose 20.86% year-over-year to $25.7 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 stood at $97.2 million (up 21.34% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $97.2 million, up 21.34% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 stood at $25.7 million, roughly flat from $25.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $25.7 million in Q4 2025 and bottomed at $5.4 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $14.1 million (2023), against an average of $15.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development surged 94.3%; it then rose 15.89% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $6.8 million in 2021, then soared by 94.3% to $13.3 million in 2022, then climbed by 15.91% to $15.4 million in 2023, then jumped by 38.61% to $21.3 million in 2024, then advanced by 20.86% to $25.7 million in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $25.7 million (Q4 2025), $25.7 million (Q3 2025), and $23.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 1.62 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 1.11 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 840.00 Mn
10 SEMrush Holdings 1.78 Bn 1.52 Bn 94.55 Mn 25.75 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 25.75 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 25.71 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 23.80 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 21.91 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 21.31 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 22.18 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 19.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 17.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 15.37 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 14.08 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 14.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 13.88 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 13.26 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 10.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 9.67 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 8.14 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 6.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 6.17 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 5.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 5.36 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 5.09 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 4.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 4.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 4.24 Mn