10 Companies with Highest R&D Expenditures

5. Google
Sector: Software and Internet
Global Rank: 5
Total R&D Spending: $5.2 Billion

In terms of R&D, beating Google is one of the hardest jobs for any other companies. Google’s continuous efforts towards innovation have kept it as the number one in terms of search engine.

Google is reported to have a secret wing for its R&D tasks. It is termed as ‘Google X’. The location is still unknown. However, it is said that Google is focusing mainly on the development of robots in this undisclosed location.

6. General Electric
Sector: Industrials
Global Rank: 6
Total R&D Spending: $4.6 Billion

Research and development has been the backbone of General Electric from the past century. GE has around 36,000 technicians around the world at present. The R&D team of GE works hard and fast to solve some of the toughest problems in the world.

Brazil is the new name in the R&D centers of GE. This centre is expected to have 400 technologists upon its completion.

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