R&D expense · 2011–2025

Ford Motor R&D expense

$9.4B+17.5% · FY2025

Ford Motor (F) reported $9.4B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +17.5% year on year.

$5.3B2011$5.5B2012$6.2B2013$6.7B2014$6.7B2015$7.3B2016$8.0B2017$8.2B2018$7.4B2019$7.1B2020$7.6B2021$7.8B2022$8.2B2023$8.0B2024$9.4B2025
Ford Motor — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$9.4B+17.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$8.0B−2.4%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$8.2B+5.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$7.8B+2.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$7.6B+7.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$7.1B−4.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$7.4B−9.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$8.2B+2.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$8.0B+9.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$7.3B+9.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$6.7B0.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$6.7B+8.1%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$6.2B+12.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$5.5B+3.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$5.3B—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 +4.2%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Ford Motor R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  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 · 0000037996-26-000015 · February 11, 2026

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