R&D expense · 2011–2025

SLB R&D expense

$709M−5.3% · FY2025

SLB (SLB) reported $709M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −5.3% year on year.

$1.1B2011$1.2B2012$1.2B2013$1.2B2014$1.1B2015$1.0B2016$787M2017$702M2018$717M2019$580M2020$554M2021$634M2022$711M2023$749M2024$709M2025
SLB — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$709M−5.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$749M+5.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$711M+12.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$634M+14.4%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$554M−4.5%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$580M−19.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$717M+2.1%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$702M−10.8%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$787M−22.2%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$1.0B−7.5%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$1.1B−10.1%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$1.2B+3.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$1.2B+1.8%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$1.2B+8.7%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$1.1B—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 −2.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-slb-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{SLB R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/slb/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 · 0001193125-26-021017 · January 23, 2026

{{cite web |title=SLB R&D expense — 10-K (0001193125-26-021017) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/87347/000119312526021017/slb-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-01-23}}

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