R&D expense · 2011–2025

Autodesk R&D expense

$1.6B+10.6% · FY2025

Autodesk (ADSK) reported $1.6B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +10.6% year on year.

$567M2011$600M2012$611M2013$725M2014$790M2015$766M2016$756M2017$725M2018$851M2019$932M2020$1.1B2021$1.2B2022$1.4B2023$1.5B2024$1.6B2025
Autodesk — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-31$1.6B+10.6%Open →
FY20242025-01-31$1.5B+8.2%Open →
FY20232024-01-31$1.4B+12.6%Open →
FY20222023-01-31$1.2B+9.3%Open →
FY20212022-01-31$1.1B+19.6%Open →
FY20202021-01-31$932M+9.5%Open →
FY20192020-01-31$851M+17.4%Open →
FY20182019-01-31$725M−4.0%Open →
FY20172018-01-31$756M−1.4%Open →
FY20162017-01-31$766M−3.0%Open →
FY20152016-01-31$790M+8.9%Open →
FY20142015-01-31$725M+18.7%Open →
FY20132014-01-31$611M+1.9%Open →
FY20122013-01-31$600M+5.9%Open →
FY20112012-01-31$567M—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 +7.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Autodesk R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/autodesk/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 · 0000769397-26-000015 · March 3, 2026

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