R&D expense · 2011–2025

Shutterstock R&D expense

$89.0M+0.7% · FY2025

Shutterstock (SSTK) reported $89.0M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +0.7% year on year.

$9.8M2011$16.3M2012$21.8M2013$38.3M2014$41.3M2015$47.8M2016$52.5M2017$58.9M2018$57.2M2019$46.0M2020$52.0M2021$65.4M2022$96.2M2023$88.4M2024$89.0M2025
Shutterstock — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$89.0M+0.7%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$88.4M−8.1%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$96.2M+47.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$65.4M+25.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$52.0M+13.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$46.0M−19.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$57.2M−2.9%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$58.9M+12.2%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$52.5M+9.8%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$47.8M+15.7%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$41.3M+7.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$38.3M+76.0%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$21.8M+33.3%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$16.3M+67.0%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$9.8M—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 +17.1%

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Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-shutterstock-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Shutterstock R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/shutterstock/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 · 0001549346-26-000008 · February 17, 2026

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