R&D expense · 2014–2025

Block R&D expense

$2.9B−0.2% · FY2025

Block (XYZ) reported $2.9B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.2% year on year.

$145M2014$200M2015$269M2016$322M2017$497M2018$674M2019$882M2020$1.4B2021$2.1B2022$2.7B2023$2.9B2024$2.9B2025
Block — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$2.9B−0.2%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$2.9B+7.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$2.7B+27.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$2.1B+54.3%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.4B+56.9%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$882M+30.8%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$674M+35.5%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$497M+54.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$322M+19.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$269M+34.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$200M+38.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$145M—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 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth +31.4%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-block-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Block R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/block/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 · 0001628280-26-012254 · February 26, 2026

{{cite web |title=Block R&D expense — 10-K (0001628280-26-012254) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1512673/000162828026012254/xyz-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-26}}

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