R&D expense · 2014–2025

Blackline R&D expense

$109M+8.1% · FY2025

Blackline (BL) reported $109M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +8.1% year on year.

$9.7M2014$18.2M2015$21.1M2016$23.9M2017$30.8M2018$43.0M2019$56.5M2020$77.3M2021$109M2022$103M2023$101M2024$109M2025
Blackline — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$109M+8.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$101M−2.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$103M−5.2%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$109M+40.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$77.3M+36.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$56.5M+31.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$43.0M+39.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$30.8M+28.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$23.9M+13.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$21.1M+16.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$18.2M+87.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$9.7M—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 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth +24.6%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-blackline-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Blackline R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/blackline/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 · 0001628280-26-011915 · February 26, 2026

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