R&D expense · 2015–2025

Appian R&D expense

$172M+5.4% · FY2025

Appian (APPN) reported $172M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.4% year on year.

$16.8M2015$23.0M2016$34.8M2017$44.7M2018$58.0M2019$70.2M2020$97.5M2021$139M2022$160M2023$163M2024$172M2025
Appian — R&D expense, 2015–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$172M+5.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$163M+1.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$160M+15.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$139M+42.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$97.5M+38.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$70.2M+21.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$58.0M+29.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$44.7M+28.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$34.8M+51.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$23.0M+37.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$16.8M—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 · 2015–2025 compound annual growth +26.2%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-appian-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Appian R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/appian/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 · 0001441683-26-000013 · February 19, 2026

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