R&D expense · 2011–2025

Lyondellbasell Industries R&D expense

$136M+0.7% · FY2025

Lyondellbasell Industries (LYB) reported $136M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +0.7% year on year.

$196M2011$172M2012$150M2013$127M2014$102M2015$99.0M2016$106M2017$115M2018$111M2019$113M2020$124M2021$124M2022$130M2023$135M2024$136M2025
Lyondellbasell Industries — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$136M+0.7%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$135M+3.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$130M+4.8%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$124M0.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$124M+9.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$113M+1.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$111M−3.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$115M+8.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$106M+7.1%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$99.0M−2.9%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$102M−19.7%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$127M−15.3%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$150M−12.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$172M−12.2%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$196M—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 −2.6%

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  title        = {{Lyondellbasell Industries R\&D expense}},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001489393-26-000012 · February 20, 2026

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