R&D expense · 2017–2025

Uber Technologies R&D expense

$3.4B+9.4% · FY2025

Uber Technologies (UBER) reported $3.4B in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +9.4% year on year.

$1.2B2017$1.5B2018$4.8B2019$2.2B2020$2.1B2021$2.8B2022$3.2B2023$3.1B2024$3.4B2025
Uber Technologies — R&D expense, 2017–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$3.4B+9.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$3.1B−1.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$3.2B+13.1%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$2.8B+36.2%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$2.1B−6.8%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$2.2B−54.4%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$4.8B+221.3%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$1.5B+25.3%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$1.2B—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 · 2017–2025 compound annual growth +13.9%

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Uber Technologies R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
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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 · 0001543151-26-000015 · February 13, 2026

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