Businesses Invested $ 32.5 Billion in Assets to Support Their R & D Activities in the United States in 2020

In 2020, businesses invested $ 32.5 billion in assets such as buildings, equipment, and software to support their U.S. research and development activities, according to the Business Enterprise Research and Development Survey developed and cosponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the National Science Foundation. Of the $ 32.5 billion of R&D capital expenditures, equipment accounted for almost half ( $ 15.7 billion ) , followed by capitalized software ( $ 8.4 billion ) .
Source: NSF - Statistics on U.S. Science and Engineering Resources - Category: Statistics Source Type: news