Apple Inc. Research And Development Expense

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Apple Inc. reported Research And Development Expense of $34.55 billion for the year ending 2025.

  • Apple Inc. showed an increase of +10.1% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
  • This data is from Apple Inc.'s annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on October 31, 2025.
  • XBRL data for this metric is available from 2008 to 2025 (18 years of filings). Earlier data may not exist in machine-readable XBRL format as companies adopted electronic filing at different times.
  • Quarterly values from 10-Q filings: Q2 2010: $464.00 million | Q4 2010: $575.00 million | Q1 2011: $581.00 million | Q2 2011: $628.00 million | Q4 2011: $758.00 million | Q1 2012: $841.00 million | Q2 2012: $876.00 million | Q4 2012: $1.01 billion | Q1 2013: $1.12 billion | Q2 2013: $1.18 billion | Q4 2013: $1.33 billion | Q1 2014: $1.42 billion | Q2 2014: $1.60 billion | Q4 2014: $1.90 billion | Q1 2015: $1.92 billion | Q2 2015: $2.03 billion | Q4 2015: $2.40 billion | Q1 2016: $2.51 billion | Q2 2016: $2.56 billion | Q4 2016: $2.87 billion | Q1 2017: $2.78 billion | Q2 2017: $2.94 billion | Q4 2017: $3.41 billion | Q1 2018: $3.38 billion | Q2 2018: $3.70 billion | Q4 2018: $3.90 billion | Q1 2019: $3.95 billion | Q2 2019: $4.26 billion | Q4 2019: $4.45 billion | Q1 2020: $4.57 billion | Q2 2020: $4.76 billion | Q4 2020: $5.16 billion | Q1 2021: $5.26 billion | Q2 2021: $5.72 billion | Q4 2021: $6.31 billion | Q1 2022: $6.39 billion | Q2 2022: $6.80 billion | Q4 2022: $7.71 billion | Q1 2023: $7.46 billion | Q2 2023: $7.44 billion | Q4 2023: $7.70 billion | Q1 2024: $7.90 billion | Q2 2024: $8.01 billion | Q4 2024: $8.27 billion | Q1 2025: $8.55 billion | Q2 2025: $8.87 billion | Q4 2025: $10.89 billion.
  • Over the full 18 years of available data (2008 to 2025), Apple Inc.'s Research And Development Expense has grown by 3,015.4%.
  • Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $34.55 billion | Fiscal year 2024: $31.37 billion | Fiscal year 2023: $29.92 billion | Fiscal year 2022: $26.25 billion | Fiscal year 2021: $21.91 billion | Fiscal year 2020: $18.75 billion | Fiscal year 2019: $16.22 billion | Fiscal year 2018: $14.24 billion | Fiscal year 2017: $11.58 billion | Fiscal year 2016: $10.05 billion | Fiscal year 2015: $8.07 billion | Fiscal year 2014: $6.04 billion | Fiscal year 2013: $4.48 billion | Fiscal year 2012: $3.38 billion | Fiscal year 2011: $2.43 billion | Fiscal year 2010: $1.78 billion | Fiscal year 2009: $1.33 billion | Fiscal year 2008: $1.11 billion.
  • Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 6, 2026.

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