R&D expense · 2016–2025
Zscaler R&D expense
$672M+34.5% · FY2025
Zscaler (ZS) reported $672M in R&D expense for fiscal 2025, +34.5% year on year.
| Fiscal year | R&D expense | Change | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY20252025-07-31 | $672M | +34.5% | Open → |
| FY20242024-07-31 | $500M | +42.5% | Open → |
| FY20232023-07-31 | $351M | +21.3% | Open → |
| FY20222022-07-31 | $289M | +65.6% | Open → |
| FY20212021-07-31 | $175M | +78.4% | Open → |
| FY20202020-07-31 | $97.9M | +57.9% | Open → |
| FY20192019-07-31 | $62.0M | +57.4% | Open → |
| FY20182018-07-31 | $39.4M | +17.3% | Open → |
| FY20172017-07-31 | $33.6M | +60.3% | Open → |
| FY20162016-07-31 | $20.9M | — | 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 · 2016–2025 compound annual growth +47.0%
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CompaniesRanked. (September 25, 2026). Zscaler R&D expense. CompaniesRanked. https://companiesranked.com/en/company/zscaler/research-and-development-expenseBibTeX
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The numbers above are read from this document: 10-K · 0001713683-26-000157 · September 3, 2026
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