R&D expense · 2011–2025

Trimble R&D expense

$631M−4.8% · FY2025

Trimble (TRMB) reported $631M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −4.8% year on year.

$197M2011$256M2012$299M2013$318M2014$337M2015$350M2016$370M2017$446M2018$470M2019$476M2020$537M2021$542M2022$664M2023$662M2024$631M2025
Trimble — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252026-01-02$631M−4.8%Open →
FY20242025-01-03$662M−0.3%Open →
FY20232023-12-29$664M+22.5%Open →
FY20222022-12-30$542M+1.0%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$537M+12.8%Open →
FY20202021-01-01$476M+1.3%Open →
FY20192020-01-03$470M+5.3%Open →
FY20182018-12-28$446M+20.5%Open →
FY20172017-12-29$370M+5.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-30$350M+3.8%Open →
FY20152016-01-01$337M+5.9%Open →
FY20142015-01-02$318M+6.2%Open →
FY20132014-01-03$299M+16.7%Open →
FY20122012-12-28$256M+30.2%Open →
FY20112011-12-30$197M—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 +8.7%

R&D expense at companies of similar size

Full ranking by R&D expense →

Cite this page

Ready-made references for the figures on this page, as published on September 25, 2026.

Wikipedia

{{cite web |title=Trimble R&D expense |url=https://companiesranked.com/en/company/trimble/research-and-development-expense |website=CompaniesRanked |date=2026-09-25 |language=en}}

APA 7

CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Trimble R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/trimble/research-and-development-expense

BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-trimble-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Trimble R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/trimble/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 · 0000864749-26-000015 · February 25, 2026

{{cite web |title=Trimble R&D expense — 10-K (0000864749-26-000015) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/864749/000086474926000015/trmb-20260102.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-25}}

The figures are rebuilt with every data refresh, so the reference carries the publication date. Add your own access date if your style requires one.

← Trimble overview