Growth Metrics

Shopify (SHOP) Research & Development (2013 - 2025)

Shopify's annual Research & Development came in at $1.5 billion in FY2025, up 12.36% year-over-year from $1.4 billion in FY2024.

Shopify has reported Research & Development for 13 years, with the latest figure at $1.5 billion in FY2025.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Research & Development rose 15.92% year-over-year to $437.0 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $1.6 billion (up 13.27% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $1.5 billion, up 12.36% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development for FY2025 stood at $1.5 billion, up from $1.4 billion in the prior year.
  • The five-year high for Research & Development was $1.7 billion in FY2023, with the low at $16.1 million in FY2021.
  • Average Research & Development over 5 years is $943.4 million, with a median of $1.4 billion recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Research & Development slumped 96.2% in 2021 and jumped 2455.9% in 2023.
  • Tracing SHOP's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $16.1 million in 2021, then soared by 320.15% to $67.7 million in 2022, then jumped by 2455.9% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then slipped by 20.98% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then rose by 12.36% to $1.5 billion in 2025.
  • The last three Research & Development figures came in at $1.5 billion (FY2025), $1.4 billion (FY2024), and $1.7 billion (FY2023), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Yr)
1 Sap Se 261.57 Bn 243.60 Bn 8.16 Bn -
2 Salesforce 181.55 Bn 171.98 Bn 8.69 Bn 5.99 Bn
3 Shopify 154.72 Bn 148.98 Bn 1.55 Bn -
4 Uber Technologies 144.47 Bn 143.43 Bn 11.88 Bn -
5 ServiceNow 128.74 Bn 123.56 Bn 2.83 Bn -
6 Adobe 106.28 Bn 99.39 Bn 5.73 Bn -
7 Cadence Design Systems 102.00 Bn 100.60 Bn 1.26 Bn -
8 Intuit 91.50 Bn 84.72 Bn 6.77 Bn -
9 Automatic Data Processing 89.51 Bn 86.28 Bn 2.87 Bn -
10 Datadog 87.38 Bn 82.62 Bn 797.20 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 1.54 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.73 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 67.69 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 16.11 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 423.51 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 268.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 174.76 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 107.05 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 55.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 39.72 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 25.92 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 13.68 Mn