R&D expense · 2011–2025

Akamai Technologies R&D expense

$514M+9.1% · FY2025

Akamai Technologies (AKAM) reported $514M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +9.1% year on year.

$52.3M2011$74.7M2012$93.9M2013$125M2014$149M2015$168M2016$222M2017$246M2018$261M2019$269M2020$335M2021$391M2022$406M2023$471M2024$514M2025
Akamai Technologies — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$514M+9.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$471M+16.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$406M+3.7%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$391M+16.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$335M+24.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$269M+3.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$261M+6.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$246M+10.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$222M+32.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$168M+12.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$149M+18.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$125M+33.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$93.9M+25.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$74.7M+42.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$52.3M—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 +17.7%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Akamai Technologies R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/akamai-technologies/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: 10-K · 0001086222-26-000022 · February 20, 2026

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