Spire Global (SPIR) Research & Development (2020 - 2025)

Spire Global (SPIR) reported Research & Development of $8.7 million for Q4 2025, down 13.43% year-over-year from $10.1 million in Q4 2024, and down 4.54% quarter-over-quarter from $9.1 million in Q3 2025.

Spire Global (SPIR) Research & Development (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Spire Global (SPIR) has 6 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $8.7 million in Q4 2025.

  • Research & Development for Q4 2025 came in at $8.7 million, down 13.43% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Dec 2025 was $28.2 million (down 3.67% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $36.7 million, up 25.43% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development slipped to $8.7 million in Q4 2025 per SPIR's latest filing, from $9.1 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $10.2 million in Q2 2025 and troughed at -$3.1 million in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $5.9 million and a median of $7.4 million in 2023 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Research & Development plunged 163.72% in 2023, then soared 458.46% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $9.7 million in 2021, then tumbled by 129.35% to -$2.8 million in 2022, then surged by 414.96% to $9.0 million in 2023, then advanced by 12.06% to $10.1 million in 2024, then slipped by 13.43% to $8.7 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows SPIR's Research & Development at $8.7 million in Q4 2025, $9.1 million in Q3 2025, and $10.2 million in Q2 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Cintas 70.95 Bn 70.77 Bn 1.45 Bn -
2 Copart 29.43 Bn 26.09 Bn 1.08 Bn -
3 Rb Global 20.04 Bn 19.85 Bn 869.50 Mn -
4 UL Solutions 19.54 Bn 19.30 Bn 381.00 Mn -
5 Global Payments 18.52 Bn 13.33 Bn 1.70 Bn -
6 Aramark 14.28 Bn 13.87 Bn 426.35 Mn -
7 Relx 11.84 Bn 11.60 Bn - -
8 Amentum Holdings 5.58 Bn 5.67 Bn 345.00 Mn -
9 Dolby Laboratories 5.00 Bn 4.42 Bn 350.90 Mn 63.65 Mn
10 Spire Global 565.04 Mn 483.27 Mn 6.43 Mn 8.70 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Dec 31, 2025 8.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 9.12 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 10.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 150,000.00
Dec 31, 2024 10.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 5.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 7.52 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 8.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 7.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 -2.10 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 7.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 -2.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 -3.06 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 3.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 8.66 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 9.70 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 7.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 7.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 6.90 Mn