R&D expense · 2017–2025
Zoom Communications R&D expense
$845M−0.9% · FY2025
Zoom Communications (ZM) reported $845M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, −0.9% year on year.
| Fiscal year | R&D expense | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252026-01-31 | $845M | −0.9% | Open → |
| FY20242025-01-31 | $852M | +6.1% | Open → |
| FY20232024-01-31 | $803M | +3.8% | Open → |
| FY20222023-01-31 | $774M | +113.2% | Open → |
| FY20212022-01-31 | $363M | +121.2% | Open → |
| FY20202021-01-31 | $164M | +144.6% | Open → |
| FY20192020-01-31 | $67.1M | +103.2% | Open → |
| FY20182019-01-31 | $33.0M | +109.8% | Open → |
| FY20172018-01-31 | $15.7M | — | 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 +64.5%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Zoom Communications R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/zoom-communications/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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}The filing itself
The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001585521-26-000030 · February 27, 2026
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