R&D expense · 2020–2025
Unilever R&D expense
$945M−2.2% · FY2025
Unilever (UL) reported $945M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −2.2% year on year.
R&D expense — Research and development expense is what the company charged to R&D in the income statement for the year. Most companies report no R&D at all — the line is absent rather than zero — so this ranking covers the roughly 40% of filers that do.
Every row links to its own SEC filing · Fiscal year 2025 · Data as of September 25, 2026 · 2020–2025 compound annual growth +0.7%
Figures are reported under IFRS in EUR and converted to US dollars at ECB reference rates — fiscal 2025 average 0.885 EUR/$ for income items, year-end 0.851 EUR/$ for balance-sheet items.
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