R&D expense · 2014–2025

Fortive R&D expense

$259M+3.1% · FY2025

Fortive (FTV) reported $259M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +3.1% year on year.

$388M2014$378M2015$351M2016$369M2017$278M2018$320M2019$321M2020$355M2021$402M2022$237M2023$251M2024$259M2025
Fortive — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$259M+3.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$251M+6.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$237M−41.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$402M+13.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$355M+10.6%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$321M+0.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$320M+15.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$278M−24.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$369M+5.2%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$351M−7.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$378M−2.6%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$388M—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 −3.6%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-fortive-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Fortive R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/fortive/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 · 0001659166-26-000007 · February 25, 2026

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