R&D expense · 2011–2025

Illinois Tool Works R&D expense

$302M+3.4% · FY2025

Illinois Tool Works (ITW) reported $302M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +3.4% year on year.

$221M2011$240M2012$240M2013$227M2014$218M2015$223M2016$225M2017$233M2018$221M2019$214M2020$239M2021$269M2022$284M2023$292M2024$302M2025
Illinois Tool Works — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$302M+3.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$292M+2.8%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$284M+5.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$269M+12.6%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$239M+11.7%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$214M−3.2%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$221M−5.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$233M+3.6%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$225M+0.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$223M+2.3%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$218M−4.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$227M−5.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$240M0.0%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$240M+8.6%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$221M—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 +2.3%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Illinois Tool Works R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/illinois-tool-works/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 · 0000049826-26-000008 · February 13, 2026

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