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% quarter-over-quarter from $249.7 million in Q4 2025.

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

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

  • Research & Development for Q1 2026 came in at $254.4 million, up 15.32% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $963.3 million (up 11.66% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $929.5 million, up 0.51% from the prior year.
  • Research & Development advanced to $254.4 million in Q1 2026 per U's latest filing, from $249.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Research & Development peaked at $282.7 million in Q1 2024 and troughed at $208.9 million in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $242.5 million and a median of $244.4 million in 2025 frame the typical range for Research & Development.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: Research & Development surged 43.52% in 2022, then slipped 22.03% in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Research & Development shows it stood at $274.1 million in 2022, then slipped by 3.27% to $265.2 million in 2023, then decreased by 17.79% to $218.0 million in 2024, then gained by 14.57% to $249.7 million in 2025, then climbed by 1.88% to $254.4 million in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows U's Research & Development at $254.4 million in Q1 2026, $249.7 million in Q4 2025, and $244.4 million in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) R&D (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 238.14 Bn 220.17 Bn 8.16 Bn -1.99 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 166.83 Bn 164.28 Bn - -37.02 Mn
3 Uber Technologies 150.36 Bn 149.32 Bn 11.88 Bn 951.00 Mn
4 Shopify 147.75 Bn 142.01 Bn 1.55 Bn 437.00 Mn
5 Salesforce 140.39 Bn 128.55 Bn 8.56 Bn 1.63 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 105.73 Bn 104.32 Bn 1.26 Bn 508.44 Mn
7 ServiceNow 105.42 Bn 100.24 Bn 2.83 Bn 823.00 Mn
8 Automatic Data Processing 89.57 Bn 86.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 253.90 Mn
9 Adobe 85.05 Bn 78.16 Bn 5.90 Bn 1.20 Bn
10 Unity Software 12.19 Bn 10.31 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