R&D expense · 2011–2025

Silicon Laboratories R&D expense

$353M+6.3% · FY2025

Silicon Laboratories (SLAB) reported $353M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +6.3% year on year.

$136M2011$138M2012$158M2013$173M2014$188M2015$200M2016$209M2017$238M2018$206M2019$235M2020$273M2021$332M2022$338M2023$332M2024$353M2025
Silicon Laboratories — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-03$353M+6.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-28$332M−1.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-30$338M+1.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$332M+21.6%Open →
FY20212022-01-01$273M+16.2%Open →
FY20202021-01-02$235M+14.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-28$206M−13.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-29$238M+13.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-30$209M+4.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$200M+6.2%Open →
FY20152016-01-02$188M+8.7%Open →
FY20142015-01-03$173M+9.6%Open →
FY20132013-12-28$158M+14.4%Open →
FY20122012-12-29$138M+1.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$136M—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 +7.1%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Silicon Laboratories R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/silicon-laboratories/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 · 0001038074-26-000005 · February 10, 2026

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