R&D expense · 2016–2025

Sonos R&D expense

$280M−8.1% · FY2025

Sonos (SONO) reported $280M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −8.1% year on year.

$108M2016$124M2017$142M2018$171M2019$215M2020$230M2021$256M2022$301M2023$305M2024$280M2025
Sonos — R&D expense, 2016–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-09-27$280M−8.1%Open →
FY20242024-09-28$305M+1.2%Open →
FY20232023-09-30$301M+17.5%Open →
FY20222022-10-01$256M+11.3%Open →
FY20212021-10-02$230M+7.2%Open →
FY20202020-10-03$215M+25.4%Open →
FY20192019-09-28$171M+20.5%Open →
FY20182018-09-29$142M+14.2%Open →
FY20172017-09-30$124M+15.5%Open →
FY20162016-10-01$108M—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 +11.2%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Sonos R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
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