R&D expense · 2015–2025

Douglas Dynamics R&D expense

$7.7M−8.3% · FY2025

Douglas Dynamics (PLOW) reported $7.7M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −8.3% year on year.

$3.0M2015$3.1M2016$2.9M2017$3.2M2018$5.7M2019$6.7M2020$10.2M2021$12.2M2022$10.1M2023$8.4M2024$7.7M2025
Douglas Dynamics — R&D expense, 2015–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$7.7M−8.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$8.4M−16.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$10.1M−17.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$12.2M+19.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$10.2M+52.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$6.7M+17.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$5.7M+78.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$3.2M+9.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$2.9M−6.6%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$3.1M+6.2%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$3.0M—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 · 2015–2025 compound annual growth +10.1%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Douglas Dynamics R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/douglas-dynamics/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 · 0001437749-26-005316 · February 24, 2026

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