R&D expense · 2016–2025

Linde R&D expense

$147M−2.0% · FY2025

Linde (LIN) reported $147M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −2.0% year on year.

$92.0M2016$93.0M2017$113M2018$184M2019$152M2020$143M2021$143M2022$146M2023$150M2024$147M2025
Linde — R&D expense, 2016–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$147M−2.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$150M+2.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$146M+2.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$143M0.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$143M−5.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$152M−17.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$184M+62.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$113M+21.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$93.0M+1.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$92.0M—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 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth +5.3%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-linde-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Linde R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/linde/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 · 0001628280-26-011430 · February 25, 2026

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