R&D expense · 2011–2025

Descartes Systems R&D expense

$105M+10.3% · FY2025

Descartes Systems (DSGX) reported $105M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +10.3% year on year.

$19.0M2011$21.3M2012$25.9M2013$28.1M2014$31.3M2015$35.6M2016$41.8M2017$47.9M2018$53.5M2019$54.1M2020$62.6M2021$70.4M2022$84.1M2023$95.5M2024$105M2025
Descartes Systems — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-31$105M+10.3%Open →
FY20242025-01-31$95.5M+13.5%Open →
FY20232024-01-31$84.1M+19.5%Open →
FY20222023-01-31$70.4M+12.4%Open →
FY20212022-01-31$62.6M+15.7%Open →
FY20202021-01-31$54.1M+1.0%Open →
FY20192020-01-31$53.5M+11.8%Open →
FY20182019-01-31$47.9M+14.5%Open →
FY20172018-01-31$41.8M+17.6%Open →
FY20162017-01-31$35.6M+13.6%Open →
FY20152016-01-31$31.3M+11.5%Open →
FY20142015-01-31$28.1M+8.5%Open →
FY20132014-01-31$25.9M+21.7%Open →
FY20122013-01-31$21.3M+11.7%Open →
FY20112012-01-31$19.0M—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 +13.0%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Descartes Systems R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/descartes-systems/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: 40-F · 0001104659-26-026450 · March 11, 2026

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