SEMrush Holdings, Inc. (SEMR) Research & Development (2020 - 2025)
SEMrush Holdings' (SEMR) quarterly Research & Development came in at -$33.5 million in Q4 2025, down 36.52% YoY from -$52.8 million in Q4 2024, and down 175.53% on a QoQ basis from $44.3 million in Q3 2025.
SEMrush Holdings, Inc. (SEMR) Research & Development (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
SEMrush Holdings (SEMR) has 6 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at -$33.5 million in Q4 2025.
- Quarterly Research & Development fell 36.52% year-over-year to -$33.5 million in Q4 2025, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $56.6 million (up 18.46% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $97.2 million, up 21.34% from the prior year.
- Research & Development eased to -$33.5 million in Q4 2025, from $44.3 million in the prior quarter.
- In the past five years, Research & Development ranged from a high of $98.9 million in Q4 2022 to a low of -$33.5 million in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of $18.0 million and a median of $18.8 million in 2021 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2021 — Research & Development plunged 711.48% — and 2022, when it surged 418.09%.
- Tracing SEMR's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at -$31.1 million in 2021, then surged by 418.09% to $98.9 million in 2022, then sank by 68.63% to $31.0 million in 2023, then slumped by 179.02% to -$24.5 million in 2024, then tumbled by 36.52% to -$33.5 million in 2025.
- The last three Research & Development figures came in at -$33.5 million (Q4 2025), $44.3 million (Q3 2025), and $23.8 million (Q2 2025), per Business Quant data.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -33.49 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 44.34 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.80 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 21.91 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -24.53 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 35.69 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 19.29 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.30 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 31.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 14.08 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 14.12 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 35.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 98.95 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 30.57 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.67 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 8.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -31.11 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.67 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 18.30 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 5.36 Mn |