R&D expense · 2011–2025

Blackbaud R&D expense

$138M−10.1% · FY2025

Blackbaud (BLKB) reported $138M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −10.1% year on year.

$47.7M2011$64.7M2012$65.6M2013$77.2M2014$84.6M2015$89.9M2016$89.9M2017$98.8M2018$106M2019$100M2020$125M2021$157M2022$147M2023$154M2024$138M2025
Blackbaud — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$138M−10.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$154M+4.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$147M−6.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$157M+26.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$125M+24.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$100M−5.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$106M+7.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$98.8M+9.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$89.9M+0.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$89.9M+6.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$84.6M+9.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$77.2M+17.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$65.6M+1.5%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$64.7M+35.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$47.7M—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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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Blackbaud R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/blackbaud/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 · 0001280058-26-000006 · February 18, 2026

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