R&D expense · 2012–2025

Workiva R&D expense

$215M+11.4% · FY2025

Workiva (WK) reported $215M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +11.4% year on year.

$18.4M2012$34.1M2013$44.1M2014$50.5M2015$57.4M2016$68.2M2017$81.6M2018$89.9M2019$94.8M2020$116M2021$152M2022$173M2023$193M2024$215M2025
Workiva — R&D expense, 2012–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$215M+11.4%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$193M+11.7%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$173M+13.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$152M+31.1%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$116M+22.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$94.8M+5.5%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$89.9M+10.2%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$81.6M+19.7%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$68.2M+18.7%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$57.4M+13.8%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$50.5M+14.3%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$44.1M+29.4%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$34.1M+85.6%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$18.4M—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 · 2012–2025 compound annual growth +20.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

@misc{companiesranked-en-company-workiva-research-and-development-expense-2026,
  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Workiva R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/workiva/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 · 0001445305-26-000016 · February 19, 2026

{{cite web |title=Workiva R&D expense — 10-K (0001445305-26-000016) |url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1445305/000144530526000016/wk-20251231.htm |website=SEC EDGAR |publisher=U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |date=2026-02-19}}

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