R&D expense · 2015–2021

Anheuser-Busch InBev R&D expense

$298M+0.7% · FY2021

Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD) reported $298M in R&D expense for fiscal 2021, +0.7% year on year.

$207M2015$244M2016$265M2017$276M2018$291M2019$296M2020$298M2021
Anheuser-Busch InBev — R&D expense, 2015–2021
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20212021-12-31$298M+0.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$296M+1.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$291M+5.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$276M+4.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$265M+8.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$244M+17.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$207M—Open →

R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.

Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2015–2021 compound annual growth +6.3%

Figures are reported under IFRS, in US dollars.

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