R&D expense · 2011–2025

Zebra Technologies R&D expense

$593M+5.3% · FY2025

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) reported $593M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +5.3% year on year.

$89.9M2011$87.4M2012$91.0M2013$151M2014$394M2015$376M2016$389M2017$444M2018$447M2019$453M2020$567M2021$570M2022$519M2023$563M2024$593M2025
Zebra Technologies — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$593M+5.3%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$563M+8.5%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$519M−8.9%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$570M+0.5%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$567M+25.2%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$453M+1.3%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$447M+0.7%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$444M+14.1%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$389M+3.5%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$376M−4.6%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$394M+160.9%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$151M+65.9%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$91.0M+4.2%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$87.4M−2.8%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$89.9M—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 +14.4%

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Zebra Technologies R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/zebra-technologies/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 · 0001628280-26-007668 · February 12, 2026

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