Growth Metrics

Unity Software (U) Research & Development (2019 - 2026)

Unity Software (U) reported Research & Development of $254.4 million for Q1 2026, up 15.32% year-over-year from $220.6 million in Q1 2025, and up 1.88% on a QoQ basis from $249.7 million in Q4 2025.

Unity Software (U) has 8 years of Research & Development data on file, last reported at $254.4 million in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Research & Development rose 15.32% year-over-year to $254.4 million in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $963.3 million (up 11.66% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $929.5 million, up 0.51% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development climbed to $254.4 million in Q1 2026 per U's latest filing, from $249.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Research & Development topped out at $282.7 million in Q1 2024 and bottomed at $208.9 million in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Research & Development is $244.4 million (2025), against an average of $242.5 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Research & Development soared 43.52%; it then retreated 22.03% in 2024.
  • Tracing U's Research & Development over 5 years: stood at $274.1 million in 2022, then retreated by 3.27% to $265.2 million in 2023, then fell by 17.79% to $218.0 million in 2024, then increased by 14.57% to $249.7 million in 2025, then gained by 1.88% to $254.4 million in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest U Research & Development figures stand at $254.4 million (Q1 2026), $249.7 million (Q4 2025), and $244.4 million (Q3 2025).

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 Unity Software 11.10 Bn 9.22 Bn 156.60 Mn 254.43 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 254.43 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 249.73 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 244.36 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 214.81 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 220.63 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 217.97 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 215.20 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 208.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 282.73 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 265.15 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 240.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 267.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 280.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 274.11 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 248.38 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 215.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 221.04 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 209.07 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 178.41 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 154.22 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 154.02 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 120.01 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 116.65 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 85.11 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 81.75 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 73.10 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 64.03 Mn