R&D expense · 2019–2025

Planet Labs PBC R&D expense

$107M+5.7% · FY2025

Planet Labs PBC (PL) reported $107M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.7% year on year.

$37.9M2019$43.8M2020$66.7M2021$111M2022$116M2023$101M2024$107M2025
Planet Labs PBC — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-31$107M+5.7%Open →
FY20242025-01-31$101M−13.2%Open →
FY20232024-01-31$116M+4.9%Open →
FY20222023-01-31$111M+66.3%Open →
FY20212022-01-31$66.7M+52.2%Open →
FY20202021-01-31$43.8M+15.7%Open →
FY20192020-01-31$37.9M—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 +18.9%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Planet Labs PBC R\&D expense}},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001193125-26-119957 · March 23, 2026

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