R&D expense · 2011–2025

Kla R&D expense

$1.4B+6.4% · FY2025

Kla (KLAC) reported $1.4B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +6.4% year on year.

$386M2011$453M2012$488M2013$539M2014$531M2015$481M2016$527M2017$609M2018$711M2019$864M2020$928M2021$1.1B2022$1.3B2023$1.3B2024$1.4B2025
Kla — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-06-30$1.4B+6.4%Open →
FY20242024-06-30$1.3B−1.4%Open →
FY20232023-06-30$1.3B+17.3%Open →
FY20222022-06-30$1.1B+19.0%Open →
FY20212021-06-30$928M+7.5%Open →
FY20202020-06-30$864M+21.5%Open →
FY20192019-06-30$711M+16.8%Open →
FY20182018-06-30$609M+15.5%Open →
FY20172017-06-30$527M+9.4%Open →
FY20162016-06-30$481M−9.3%Open →
FY20152015-06-30$531M−1.6%Open →
FY20142014-06-30$539M+10.6%Open →
FY20132013-06-30$488M+7.7%Open →
FY20122012-06-30$453M+17.3%Open →
FY20112011-06-30$386M—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 +9.4%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-kla-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Kla R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/kla/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 · 0000319201-26-000027 · August 6, 2026

{{cite web |title=Kla R&D expense — 10-K (0000319201-26-000027) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/319201/000031920126000027/klac-20260630.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-08-06}}

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