R&D expense · 2011–2025

Chevron R&D expense

$427M+21.0% · FY2025

Chevron (CVX) reported $427M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +21.0% year on year.

$627M2011$648M2012$750M2013$707M2014$601M2015$476M2016$433M2017$453M2018$500M2019$435M2020$268M2021$268M2022$320M2023$353M2024$427M2025
Chevron — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$427M+21.0%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$353M+10.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$320M+19.4%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$268M0.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$268M−38.4%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$435M−13.0%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$500M+10.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$453M+4.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$433M−9.0%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$476M−20.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$601M−15.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$707M−5.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$750M+15.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$648M+3.3%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$627M—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 −2.7%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-chevron-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Chevron R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/chevron/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 · 0000093410-26-000078 · February 24, 2026

{{cite web |title=Chevron R&D expense — 10-K (0000093410-26-000078) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/93410/000009341026000078/cvx-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-24}}

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