R&D expense · 2011–2025

Rockwell Automation R&D expense

$679M+3.2% · FY2025

Rockwell Automation (ROK) reported $679M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +3.2% year on year.

$244M2011$248M2012$261M2013$290M2014$307M2015$319M2016$348M2017$372M2018$379M2019$372M2020$423M2021$441M2022$706M2023$658M2024$679M2025
Rockwell Automation — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-09-30$679M+3.2%Open →
FY20242024-09-30$658M−6.8%Open →
FY20232023-09-30$706M+60.1%Open →
FY20222022-09-30$441M+4.4%Open →
FY20212021-09-30$423M+13.7%Open →
FY20202020-09-30$372M−2.0%Open →
FY20192019-09-30$379M+1.9%Open →
FY20182018-09-30$372M+6.8%Open →
FY20172017-09-30$348M+9.1%Open →
FY20162016-09-30$319M+3.9%Open →
FY20152015-09-30$307M+5.9%Open →
FY20142014-09-30$290M+11.3%Open →
FY20132013-09-30$261M+5.3%Open →
FY20122012-09-30$248M+1.5%Open →
FY20112011-09-30$244M—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 +7.6%

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