R&D expense · 2011–2025

Zimmer Biomet R&D expense

$459M+4.8% · FY2025

Zimmer Biomet (ZBH) reported $459M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +4.8% year on year.

$238M2011$226M2012$203M2013$187M2014$269M2015$366M2016$370M2017$392M2018$394M2019$323M2020$436M2021$406M2022$459M2023$437M2024$459M2025
Zimmer Biomet — R&D expense, 2011–2025
Fiscal yearR&D expenseChangeFiling
FY20252025-12-31$459M+4.8%Open →
FY20242024-12-31$437M−4.6%Open →
FY20232023-12-31$459M+13.0%Open →
FY20222022-12-31$406M−6.8%Open →
FY20212021-12-31$436M+35.0%Open →
FY20202020-12-31$323M−18.1%Open →
FY20192019-12-31$394M+0.6%Open →
FY20182018-12-31$392M+5.9%Open →
FY20172017-12-31$370M+1.2%Open →
FY20162016-12-31$366M+36.0%Open →
FY20152015-12-31$269M+43.4%Open →
FY20142014-12-31$187M−7.7%Open →
FY20132013-12-31$203M−10.0%Open →
FY20122012-12-31$226M−5.4%Open →
FY20112011-12-31$238M—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 +4.8%

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Wikipedia

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APA 7

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BibTeX

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  author       = {{CompaniesRanked}},
  title        = {{Zimmer Biomet R\&D expense}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://companiesranked.com/en/company/zimmer-biomet/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 · 0001193125-26-059853 · February 20, 2026

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