R&D expense · 2011–2025

Motorola Solutions R&D expense

$970M+5.8% · FY2025

Motorola Solutions (MSI) reported $970M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.8% year on year.

$778M2011$790M2012$761M2013$681M2014$620M2015$553M2016$568M2017$637M2018$687M2019$686M2020$734M2021$779M2022$858M2023$917M2024$970M2025
Motorola Solutions — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$970M+5.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$917M+6.9%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$858M+10.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$779M+6.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$734M+7.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$686M−0.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$687M+7.8%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$637M+12.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$568M+2.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$553M−10.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$620M−9.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$681M−10.5%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$761M−3.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$790M+1.5%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$778M—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 +1.6%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Motorola Solutions R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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  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 · 0000068505-26-000010 · February 12, 2026

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