R&D expense · 2011–2025

Celanese R&D expense

$125M−3.8% · FY2025

Celanese (CE) reported $125M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −3.8% year on year.

$96.0M2011$104M2012$85.0M2013$86.0M2014$119M2015$78.0M2016$73.0M2017$72.0M2018$67.0M2019$74.0M2020$86.0M2021$112M2022$146M2023$130M2024$125M2025
Celanese — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$125M−3.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$130M−11.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$146M+30.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$112M+30.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$86.0M+16.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$74.0M+10.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$67.0M−6.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$72.0M−1.4%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$73.0M−6.4%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$78.0M−34.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$119M+38.4%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$86.0M+1.2%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$85.0M−18.3%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$104M+8.3%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$96.0M—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 +1.9%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Celanese R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/celanese/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 · 0001306830-26-000031 · February 24, 2026

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