R&D expense · 2017–2025

Factset Research Systems R&D expense

$301M+13.4% · FY2025

Factset Research Systems (FDS) reported $301M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +13.4% year on year.

$215M2017$217M2018$215M2019$224M2020$250M2021$255M2022$267M2023$265M2024$301M2025
Factset Research Systems — R&D expense, 2017–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-08-31$301M+13.4%Open →
FY20242024-08-31$265M−0.8%Open →
FY20232023-08-31$267M+4.8%Open →
FY20222022-08-31$255M+2.0%Open →
FY20212021-08-31$250M+11.7%Open →
FY20202020-08-31$224M+4.3%Open →
FY20192019-08-31$215M−1.1%Open →
FY20182018-08-31$217M+1.0%Open →
FY20172017-08-31$215M—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 · 2017–2025 compound annual growth +4.3%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Factset Research Systems R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/factset-research-systems/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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