R&D expense · 2011–2025
ServiceNow R&D expense
$3.0B+16.4% · FY2025
ServiceNow (NOW) reported $3.0B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +16.4% year on year.
| Fiscal year | R&D expense | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-12-31 | $3.0B | +16.4% | Open → |
| FY20242024-12-31 | $2.5B | +19.7% | Open → |
| FY20232023-12-31 | $2.1B | +20.1% | Open → |
| FY20222022-12-31 | $1.8B | +26.6% | Open → |
| FY20212021-12-31 | $1.4B | +36.4% | Open → |
| FY20202020-12-31 | $1.0B | +36.7% | Open → |
| FY20192019-12-31 | $749M | +41.5% | Open → |
| FY20182018-12-31 | $530M | +40.3% | Open → |
| FY20172017-12-31 | $378M | +32.4% | Open → |
| FY20162016-12-31 | $285M | +31.2% | Open → |
| FY20152015-12-31 | $217M | +46.6% | Open → |
| FY20142014-12-31 | $148M | +88.4% | Open → |
| FY20132013-12-31 | $78.7M | +100.0% | Open → |
| FY20122012-12-31 | $39.3M | +461.6% | Open → |
| FY20112011-06-30 | $7.0M | — | 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 +54.0%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). ServiceNow R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/servicenow/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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note = {Compiled from SEC EDGAR XBRL filings; data as of 2026-09-25},
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001373715-26-000007 · January 29, 2026
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