Shopify (SHOP) Research & Development (2024 - 2026)

Shopify's (SHOP) quarterly Research & Development came in at $496.0 million in Q1 2026, up 31.56% year-on-year from $377.0 million in Q1 2025, and up 62.09% quarter-over-quarter from $306.0 million in Q4 2025.

Shopify (SHOP) Research & Development (2024 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Shopify's Research & Development history runs 3 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $496.0 million for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Research & Development rose 31.56% year-over-year to $496.0 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $1.6 billion, a 13.06% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $1.5 billion, up 10.27% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development rose to $496.0 million in Q1 2026 per SHOP's latest filing, from $306.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $496.0 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $306.0 million in Q4 2025.
  • The 3-year median for Research & Development is $377.0 million (2024), against an average of $377.9 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Research & Development slipped 18.83% in 2025 and soared 31.56% in 2026, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Research & Development stood at $377.0 million in 2024, then retreated by 18.83% to $306.0 million in 2025, then surged by 62.09% to $496.0 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest SHOP Research & Development figures stand at $496.0 million (Q1 2026), $306.0 million (Q4 2025), and $410.0 million (Q3 2025).

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 496.00 Mn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 1.33 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 3.77 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 1.37 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 588.95 Mn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 508.44 Mn
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 435.30 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 496.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 306.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 410.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 415.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 377.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 377.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 332.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 353.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 335.00 Mn