List of companies by research and development spending
The following list sorts companies with the highest expenditures for research and development (R&D) for different years, mostly taken from the american magazine Strategy+Business.
2018 top 50
The 50 companies with the highest research and development expenses in 2018.[1]
Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Expenditures on R&D (billions of US$) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amazon | Software and Internet | 22.62 | |
2 | Alphabet Inc. | Software and Internet | 16.23 | |
3 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | 15.77 | |
4 | Samsung Electronics | Computing and Electronics | 15.31 | |
5 | Microsoft | Software and Internet | 14.74 | |
6 | Huawei | Computing and Electronics | 13.60 | |
7 | Intel | Computing and Electronics | 13.10 | |
8 | Apple Inc. | Computing and Electronics | 11.58 | |
9 | Roche Holding | Health Care | 10.80 | |
10 | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 10.55 | |
11 | Daimler AG | Automotive | 10.40 | |
12 | Merck & Co. | Health Care | 10.21 | |
13 | Toyota | Automotive | 10.02 | |
14 | Novartis | Health Care | 8.51 | |
15 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | 8.00 | |
16 | Facebook, Inc. | Software and Internet | 7.75 | |
17 | Pfizer | Health Care | 7.66 | |
18 | BMW | Automotive | 7.33 | |
19 | General Motors | Automotive | 7.30 | |
20 | Robert Bosch GmbH | Industrials | 7.12 | |
21 | Honda | Automotive | 7.08 | |
22 | Sanofi | Health Care | 6.57 | |
23 | Bayer | Health Care | 6.19 | |
24 | Siemens | Industrials | 6.10 | |
25 | Oracle Corporation | Software and Internet | 6.09 | |
26 | Cisco Systems | Computing and Electronics | 6.06 | |
27 | GlaxoSmithKline | Health Care | 6.05 | |
28 | Bristol-Myers Squibb | Health Care | 5.96 | |
29 | Celgene | Health Care | 5.92 | |
30 | Nokia | Computing and Electronics | 5.90 | |
31 | IBM | Computing and Electronics | 5.79 | |
32 | Qualcomm | Computing and Electronics | 5.47 | |
33 | AstraZeneca | Health Care | 5.41 | |
34 | Eli Lilly and Company | Health Care | 5.28 | |
35 | Fiat Chrysler Automobiles | Automotive | 5.14 | |
36 | AbbVie Inc. | Health Care | 4.98 | |
37 | General Electric | Industrials | 4.80 | |
38 | Dell | Computing and Electronics | 4.76 | |
39 | Ericsson | Computing and Electronics | 4.63 | |
40 | Nissan | Automotive | 4.62 | |
41 | Sony | Computing and Electronics | 4.32 | |
42 | Panasonic | Computing and Electronics | 4.23 | |
43 | Denso | Automotive | 4.21 | |
44 | SAP SE | Software and Internet | 4.03 | |
45 | Gilead Sciences | Health Care | 3.73 | |
46 | Continental AG | Automotive | 3.73 | |
47 | Boehringer Ingelheim | Health Care | 3.69 | |
48 | Alibaba Group | Software and Internet | 3.63 | |
49 | Amgen | Health Care | 3.56 | |
50 | Renault | Automotive | 3.55 |
2017 top 20
The 20 companies with the highest research and development expenses in 2017 according to the Global Innovation 1000.[2]
Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Expenditures on R&D (billions of US$) |
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1 | Amazon | Software and Internet | 16.1 | |
2 | Alphabet Inc. | Software and Internet | 13.9 | |
3 | Intel | Computing and Electronics | 12.7 | |
4 | Samsung | Computing and Electronics | 12.7 | |
5 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | 12.1 | |
6 | Microsoft | Software and Internet | 12.0 | |
7 | Roche Holding | Health Care | 11.4 | |
8 | Merck & Co. | Health Care | 10.1 | |
9 | Apple Inc. | Computing and Electronics | 10.0 | |
10 | Novartis | Health Care | 9.6 | |
11 | Toyota | Automotive | 9.3 | |
12 | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 9.1 | |
13 | General Motors | Automotive | 8.1 | |
14 | Pfizer | Health Care | 7.9 | |
15 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | 7.3 | |
16 | Daimler AG | Automotive | 6.9 | |
17 | Oracle Corporation | Software and Internet | 6.8 | |
18 | Cisco Systems | Computing and Electronics | 6.3 | |
19 | Honda | Automotive | 6.2 | |
20 | Facebook, Inc. | Software and Internet | 5.9 |
2014 top 20
The 20 companies with the highest research and development expenses in 2014 according to the Global Innovation 1000.[3]
Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Expenditures on R&D (billions of US$) |
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1 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | 13.5 | |
2 | Samsung | Computing and Electronics | 13.4 | |
3 | Intel | Computing and Electronics | 10.6 | |
4 | Microsoft | Software and Internet | 10.4 | |
5 | Roche Holding | Health Care | 10.0 | |
6 | Novartis | Health Care | 9.9 | |
7 | Toyota | Automotive | 9.1 | |
8 | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 8.2 | |
9 | Software and Internet | 8.0 | ||
10 | Merck & Co. | Health Care | 7.5 | |
11 | General Motors | Automotive | 7.2 | |
12 | Daimler AG | Automotive | 7.0 | |
13 | Pfizer | Health Care | 6.7 | |
14 | Amazon | Software and Internet | 6.4 | |
15 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | 6.4 | |
16 | Sanofi Aventis | Health Care | 6.3 | |
17 | Honda | Automotive | 6.3 | |
18 | IBM | Computing and Electronics | 6.2 | |
19 | GlaxoSmithKline | Health Care | 6.1 | |
20 | Cisco Systems | Computing and Electronics | 5.9 |
2011 top 20
The 20 companies with the highest research and development expenses in 2011 according to the Global Innovation 1000.[4]
Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Expenditures on R&D (millions of US$) |
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1 | Roche Holding | Health Care | 9,646 | |
2 | Pfizer | Health Care | 9,413 | |
3 | Novartis | Health Care | 9,070 | |
4 | Microsoft | Software and Internet | 8,714 | |
5 | Merck & Co. | Health Care | 8,591 | |
6 | Toyota | Automotive | 8,546 | |
7 | Samsung | Computing and Electronics | 7,873 | |
8 | Nokia | Computing and Electronics | 7,778 | |
9 | General Motors | Automotive | 6,962 | |
10 | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 6,844 | |
11 | Intel | Computing and Electronics | 6,576 | |
12 | Panasonic | Computing and Electronics | 6,176 | |
13 | GlaxoSmithKline | Health Care | 6,127 | |
14 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | 6,086 | |
15 | IBM | Computing and Electronics | 6,026 | |
16 | Sanofi Aventis | Health Care | 5,836 | |
17 | Honda | Automotive | 5,704 | |
18 | AstraZeneca | Health Care | 5,318 | |
19 | Cisco Systems | Computing and Electronics | 5,273 | |
20 | Siemens | Industrials | 5,217 |
2008 top 20
The 20 companies with the highest research and development expenses in 2008 according to the Global Innovation 1000.[5]
Rank | Company | Country | Sector | Expenditures on R&D (millions of US$) |
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1 | Toyota | Automotive | 8,386 | |
2 | General Motors | Automotive | 8,100 | |
3 | Pfizer | Health Care | 8,089 | |
4 | Nokia | Computing and Electronics | 7,727 | |
5 | Johnson & Johnson | Health Care | 7,680 | |
6 | Ford Motor Company | Automotive | 7,500 | |
7 | Microsoft | Software and Internet | 7,121 | |
8 | Roche Holding | Health Care | 6,985 | |
9 | Samsung | Computing and Electronics | 6,536 | |
10 | GlaxoSmithKline | Health Care | 6,476 | |
11 | Novartis | Health Care | 6,430 | |
12 | Sanofi Aventis | Health Care | 6,208 | |
13 | IBM | Computing and Electronics | 6,153 | |
14 | Intel | Computing and Electronics | 5,755 | |
15 | AstraZeneca | Health Care | 5,162 | |
16 | Honda | Automotive | 5,142 | |
17 | Merck & Co. | Health Care | 4,883 | |
18 | Panasonic | Computing and Electronics | 4,850 | |
19 | Volkswagen Group | Automotive | 4,757 | |
20 | Sony | Computing and Electronics | 4,553 |
References
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- Chwalik, Barry Jaruzelski, Volker Staack, and Robert. "Will Stronger Borders Weaken Innovation?". strategy+business. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
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