R&D expense · 2019–2025

Freshworks R&D expense

$163M−0.8% · FY2025

Freshworks (FRSH) reported $163M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.8% year on year.

$38.6M2019$69.2M2020$120M2021$136M2022$138M2023$165M2024$163M2025
Freshworks — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$163M−0.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$165M+19.5%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$138M+1.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$136M+12.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$120M+74.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$69.2M+79.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$38.6M—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 · 2019–2025 compound annual growth +27.2%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Freshworks R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/freshworks/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 · 0001544522-26-000036 · February 26, 2026

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