R&D expense · 2011–2025

Johnson & Johnson R&D expense

$109M−94.1% · FY2025

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) reported $109M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −94.1% year on year.

$7.5B2011$7.7B2012$8.2B2013$8.5B2014$9.0B2015$9.1B2016$10.6B2017$10.8B2018$11.4B2019$12.2B2020$02021$02022$483M2023$1.8B2024$109M2025
Johnson & Johnson — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-28$109M−94.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-29$1.8B+281.2%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$483M+$483MOpen →
FY20222023-01-01$0$0Open →
FY20212022-01-02$0−100.0%Open →
FY20202021-01-03$12.2B+7.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-29$11.4B+5.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-30$10.8B+1.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$10.6B+15.9%Open →
FY20162017-01-01$9.1B+1.1%Open →
FY20152016-01-03$9.0B+6.5%Open →
FY20142014-12-28$8.5B+3.8%Open →
FY20132013-12-29$8.2B+6.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-30$7.7B+1.6%Open →
FY20112012-01-01$7.5B—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 −26.1%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Johnson \& Johnson R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/johnson-and-johnson/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 · 0000200406-26-000016 · February 11, 2026

{{cite web |title=Johnson & Johnson R&D expense — 10-K (0000200406-26-000016) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/200406/000020040626000016/jnj-20251228.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-11}}

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