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MICROSOFT CORP reported Research And Development Expense of $32.49 billion for the year ending 2025.
- MICROSOFT CORP showed an increase of +10.1% in Research And Development Expense from 2024 to 2025.
- This data is from MICROSOFT CORP's annual report (Form 10-K), filed with the SEC on July 30, 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: Q4 2010: $2.19 billion | Q1 2011: $2.27 billion | Q3 2011: $2.33 billion | Q4 2011: $2.37 billion | Q1 2012: $2.52 billion | Q3 2012: $2.46 billion | Q4 2012: $2.53 billion | Q1 2013: $2.64 billion | Q3 2013: $2.77 billion | Q4 2013: $2.75 billion | Q1 2014: $2.74 billion | Q3 2014: $3.07 billion | Q4 2014: $2.90 billion | Q1 2015: $2.98 billion | Q3 2015: $2.96 billion | Q4 2015: $2.90 billion | Q1 2016: $2.98 billion | Q3 2016: $3.11 billion | Q4 2016: $3.06 billion | Q1 2017: $3.36 billion | Q3 2017: $3.57 billion | Q4 2017: $3.50 billion | Q1 2018: $3.72 billion | Q3 2018: $3.98 billion | Q4 2018: $4.07 billion | Q1 2019: $4.32 billion | Q3 2019: $4.57 billion | Q4 2019: $4.60 billion | Q1 2020: $4.89 billion | Q3 2020: $4.93 billion | Q4 2020: $4.90 billion | Q1 2021: $5.20 billion | Q3 2021: $5.60 billion | Q4 2021: $5.76 billion | Q1 2022: $6.31 billion | Q3 2022: $6.63 billion | Q4 2022: $6.84 billion | Q1 2023: $6.98 billion | Q3 2023: $6.66 billion | Q4 2023: $7.14 billion | Q1 2024: $7.65 billion | Q3 2024: $7.54 billion | Q4 2024: $7.92 billion | Q1 2025: $8.20 billion | Q3 2025: $8.15 billion | Q4 2025: $8.50 billion.
- Over the full 18 years of available data (2008 to 2025), MICROSOFT CORP's Research And Development Expense has grown by 297.9%.
- Historical annual values: Fiscal year 2025: $32.49 billion | Fiscal year 2024: $29.51 billion | Fiscal year 2023: $27.20 billion | Fiscal year 2022: $24.51 billion | Fiscal year 2021: $20.72 billion | Fiscal year 2020: $19.27 billion | Fiscal year 2019: $16.88 billion | Fiscal year 2018: $14.73 billion | Fiscal year 2017: $13.04 billion | Fiscal year 2016: $11.99 billion | Fiscal year 2015: $12.05 billion | Fiscal year 2014: $11.38 billion | Fiscal year 2013: $10.41 billion | Fiscal year 2012: $9.81 billion | Fiscal year 2011: $9.04 billion | Fiscal year 2010: $8.71 billion | Fiscal year 2009: $9.01 billion | Fiscal year 2008: $8.16 billion.
- Data sourced from SEC EDGAR public filings as of August 5, 2026.
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