Alphabet Research and development Expenses (Quarterly)
Alphabet R&D expenses (quarterly) 2014-2021
Amounts in Millions.
| FY 2021 | R&D expenses ($ millions) |
| Q1 | $7,485 |
| Q2 | $7,675 |
| Q3 | $7,694 |
| q4 | $8,708 |
| Total | $31,562 |
From 2020 to 2021, the research and devlopment expenses of Alphabet Inc (parent company of Google) increased by $4 billion. The company spent 12.3% of its net revenues or $31.6 billion on research and devleopment in 2021, compared to $27.6 billion in 2020.
| FY 2020 | R&D expenses ($ millions) |
| Q1 | $6,820 |
| Q2 | $6,875 |
| Q3 | $6,856 |
| Q4 | $7,022 |
| Total | $27.573 |
| 2019 | R&D Expenses ($mn) |
| Q1 | $6,029 |
| Q2 | $6,213 |
| Q3 | $6,554 |
| Q4 | $7,222 |
| Total | $26,018 |
The research and development expenses of Alphabet Inc totalled $26 billion for 2019. Net R&D expenses of the company reached $7.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2019, compared to $6 billion during the same period last year.
| FY 2018 | R&D Costs (Millions) |
| Q1 | $5,039 |
| Q2 | $5,114 |
| Q3 | $5,232 |
| Q4 | $6,034 |
| FY 2017 | R&D Costs (Millions) |
| Q1 | $3,942 |
| Q2 | $4,172 |
| Q3 | $4,205 |
| Q4 | $4,306 |
| FY 2016 | R&D Costs (Millions) |
| Q1 | $3,367 |
| Q2 | $3,363 |
| Q3 | $3,596 |
| Q4 | $3,622 |
| FY 2015 | R&D Cosst (Millions) |
| Q1 | $2,753 |
| Q2 | $2,789 |
| Q3 | $3,230 |
| Q4 | $3,510 |
| FY 2014 | R&D Costs (Millions) |
| Q1 | $2,126 |
| Q2 | $2,238 |
| Q3 | $2,655 |
| Q4 | $2,813 |
About Alphabet:
Alphabet is the parent company of Google. It has its headquarters located at Mountain View California, United States.
Apart from its google search engine and advertising products, Alphabet offers a vast range of products including Cloud services and other services like Chrome Browser and Google Maps.
The CEO of Alphabet is Sundar Pichai. Alphabet’s main source of revenue if digital advertising followed by cloud services. It also owns YouTube and some other businesses that are collectively called Other Bets