R&D expense · 2011–2025

Baidu R&D expense

$2.9B−3.6% · FY2025

Baidu (BIDU) reported $2.9B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −3.6% year on year.

$212M2011$370M2012$678M2013$1.1B2014$1.6B2015$1.5B2016$2.0B2017$2.3B2018$2.6B2019$3.0B2020$3.9B2021$3.4B2022$3.4B2023$3.0B2024$2.9B2025
Baidu — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.9B−3.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$3.0B−11.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$3.4B+0.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$3.4B−13.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$3.9B+30.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$3.0B+13.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$2.6B+14.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$2.3B+15.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$2.0B+35.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$1.5B−6.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$1.6B+39.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$1.1B+65.9%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$678M+83.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$370M+74.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$212M—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 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +20.6%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-baidu-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Baidu R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/baidu/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
}

The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 20-F · 0001193125-26-109289 · March 17, 2026

{{cite web |title=Baidu R&D expense — 20-F (0001193125-26-109289) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1329099/000119312526109289/d38065d20f.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-03-17}}

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