R&D expense · 2018–2025

Sprout Social R&D expense

$101M−1.5% · FY2025

Sprout Social (SPT) reported $101M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −1.5% year on year.

$25.4M2018$28.1M2019$30.5M2020$40.0M2021$61.4M2022$79.6M2023$103M2024$101M2025
Sprout Social — R&D expense, 2018–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$101M−1.5%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$103M+29.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$79.6M+29.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$61.4M+53.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$40.0M+31.3%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$30.5M+8.7%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$28.1M+10.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$25.4M—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 · 2018–2025 compound annual growth +21.8%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Sprout Social R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/sprout-social/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 · 0001517375-26-000015 · February 27, 2026

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