R&D expense · 2019–2025

Rivian Automotive R&D expense

$1.7B+3.4% · FY2025

Rivian Automotive (RIVN) reported $1.7B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +3.4% year on year.

$301M2019$766M2020$1.9B2021$1.9B2022$2.0B2023$1.6B2024$1.7B2025
Rivian Automotive — R&D expense, 2019–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.7B+3.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.6B−19.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$2.0B+2.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.9B+5.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$1.9B+141.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$766M+154.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$301M—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 · 2019–2025 compound annual growth +33.0%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  title        = {{Rivian Automotive 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}
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The filing itself

The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001874178-26-000008 · February 12, 2026

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