R&D expense · 2011–2025

BorgWarner R&D expense

$710M−3.5% · FY2025

BorgWarner (BWA) reported $710M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −3.5% year on year.

$244M2011$266M2012$303M2013$336M2014$307M2015$343M2016$408M2017$440M2018$413M2019$476M2020$586M2021$701M2022$717M2023$736M2024$710M2025
BorgWarner — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$710M−3.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$736M+2.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$717M+2.3%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$701M+19.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$586M+23.1%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$476M+15.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$413M−6.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$440M+7.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$408M+18.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$343M+11.6%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$307M−8.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$336M+10.9%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$303M+14.0%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$266M+9.1%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$244M—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

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-borgwarner-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{BorgWarner R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/borgwarner/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 · 0000908255-26-000011 · February 11, 2026

{{cite web |title=BorgWarner R&D expense — 10-K (0000908255-26-000011) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/908255/000090825526000011/bwa-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-11}}

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