v3.25.4
Condensed Financial Information - Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income (Detail) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
From consolidated subsidiaries:      
Equity method earnings (losses) $ (9,590) $ 1,841 $ 1,973
Total revenues 371,444 371,433 364,482
Cost and expenses:      
Interest expense 5,069 5,200 5,003
Income tax expense (benefit) 15,199 20,815 23,019
Net earnings attributable to Berkshire shareholders 66,968 88,995 96,223
Comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire shareholders 68,104 89,174 97,512
The Kraft Heinz Company [Member]      
From consolidated subsidiaries:      
Equity method earnings (losses) [1] (4,393) 745 758
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Parent) [Member]      
From consolidated subsidiaries:      
Dividends and distributions 43,665 72,607 9,717
Undistributed earnings 24,143 14,314 85,550
Total income from consolidated subsidiaries 67,808 86,921 95,267
Interest and Other Income 4,098 1,441 899
Total revenues 67,513 89,107 96,924
Cost and expenses:      
General and administrative 134 381 244
Interest expense 353 535 636
Foreign exchange losses (gains) on non-U.S. Dollar denominated debt 501 (1,376) (371)
Income tax expense (benefit) (443) 572 192
Total costs and expenses 545 112 701
Net earnings attributable to Berkshire shareholders 66,968 88,995 96,223
Other comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire shareholders 1,136 179 1,289
Comprehensive income attributable to Berkshire shareholders 68,104 89,174 97,512
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (Parent) [Member] | The Kraft Heinz Company [Member]      
From consolidated subsidiaries:      
Equity method earnings (losses) $ (4,393) $ 745 $ 758
[1] We report our equity in Occidental’s earnings on a one-quarter lag and, in the second quarter of 2025, we began reporting our equity in Kraft Heinz’s earnings on a one-quarter lag.