R&D expense · 2011–2025

Clorox R&D expense

$121M−4.0% · FY2025

Clorox (CLX) reported $121M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −4.0% year on year.

$115M2011$121M2012$130M2013$125M2014$136M2015$141M2016$135M2017$132M2018$136M2019$145M2020$149M2021$132M2022$138M2023$126M2024$121M2025
Clorox — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-06-30$121M−4.0%Open →
FY20242024-06-30$126M−8.7%Open →
FY20232023-06-30$138M+4.5%Open →
FY20222022-06-30$132M−11.4%Open →
FY20212021-06-30$149M+2.8%Open →
FY20202020-06-30$145M+6.6%Open →
FY20192019-06-30$136M+3.0%Open →
FY20182018-06-30$132M−2.2%Open →
FY20172017-06-30$135M−4.3%Open →
FY20162016-06-30$141M+3.7%Open →
FY20152015-06-30$136M+8.8%Open →
FY20142014-06-30$125M−3.8%Open →
FY20132013-06-30$130M+7.4%Open →
FY20122012-06-30$121M+5.2%Open →
FY20112011-06-30$115M—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 +0.4%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Clorox R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/clorox/research-and-development-expense}},
  note         = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
  urldate      = {2026-09-25}
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