R&D expense · 2011–2025

Avery Dennison R&D expense

$137M−0.9% · FY2025

Avery Dennison (AVY) reported $137M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.9% year on year.

$93.8M2011$98.6M2012$96.0M2013$103M2014$91.9M2015$89.7M2016$93.4M2017$98.2M2018$92.6M2019$113M2020$137M2021$136M2022$136M2023$138M2024$137M2025
Avery Dennison — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$137M−0.9%Open →
FY20242024-12-28$138M+1.5%Open →
FY20232023-12-30$136M−0.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$136M−0.4%Open →
FY20212022-01-01$137M+21.1%Open →
FY20202021-01-02$113M+21.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-28$92.6M−5.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-29$98.2M+5.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-30$93.4M+4.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$89.7M−2.4%Open →
FY20152016-01-02$91.9M−10.3%Open →
FY20142015-01-03$103M+6.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-28$96.0M−2.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-29$98.6M+5.1%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$93.8M—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 · 2011–2025 compound annual growth +2.7%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Avery Dennison R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0000008818-26-000015 · February 25, 2026

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