R&D expense · 2011–2025

Align Technology R&D expense

$370M+1.6% · FY2025

Align Technology (ALGN) reported $370M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +1.6% year on year.

$37.2M2011$42.9M2012$44.1M2013$52.8M2014$61.2M2015$75.7M2016$97.6M2017$129M2018$157M2019$175M2020$250M2021$305M2022$347M2023$364M2024$370M2025
Align Technology — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$370M+1.6%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$364M+5.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$347M+13.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$305M+21.9%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$250M+42.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$175M+11.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$157M+22.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$129M+32.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$97.6M+28.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$75.7M+23.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$61.2M+16.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$52.8M+19.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$44.1M+2.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$42.9M+15.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$37.2M—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 +17.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Align Technology R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/align-technology/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 · 0001097149-26-000014 · February 27, 2026

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