R&D expense · 2014–2025

Twilio R&D expense

$1.0B+1.1% · FY2025

Twilio (TWLO) reported $1.0B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +1.1% year on year.

$21.8M2014$42.6M2015$77.9M2016$121M2017$171M2018$391M2019$531M2020$789M2021$1.1B2022$943M2023$1.0B2024$1.0B2025
Twilio — R&D expense, 2014–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$1.0B+1.1%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$1.0B+7.0%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$943M−12.6%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$1.1B+36.7%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$789M+48.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$531M+35.6%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$391M+128.4%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$171M+41.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$121M+54.9%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$77.9M+83.1%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$42.6M+95.0%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$21.8M—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 · 2014–2025 compound annual growth +41.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Twilio R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/twilio/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 · 0001447669-26-000021 · February 24, 2026

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