Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2026

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Disaggregation

Autodesk recognizes revenue from the sale of (1) product subscriptions, cloud service offerings, and EBAs, (2) fees for maintenance purchased with software licenses, and (3) consulting and other products and services. The three categories are presented as line items on Autodesk’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Information regarding the components of Autodesk’s net revenue from contracts with customers by product family, geographic location, sales channel, and product type was as follows: 

	Fiscal Year ended January 31,
	2026		2025		2024
Net revenue by product family:
Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Operations	$	3,583	$	2,937	$	2,580
AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT	1,787		1,572		1,462
Manufacturing	1,379		1,189		1,063
Media and Entertainment	332		315		295
Other	125		118		97
Total net revenue	$	7,206	$	6,131	$	5,497
Net revenue by geographic area:
Americas
U.S.	$	2,566	$	2,228	$	1,978
Other Americas	612		488		460
Total Americas	3,178		2,716		2,438
Europe, Middle East and Africa	2,794		2,307		2,042
Asia Pacific	1,234		1,108		1,017
Total net revenue	$	7,206	$	6,131	$	5,497
Net revenue by sales channel:
Indirect	$	2,646	$	3,568	$	3,444
Direct	4,560		2,563		2,053
Total net revenue	$	7,206	$	6,131	$	5,497
Net revenue by product type:
Design	$	5,980	$	5,104	$	4,647
Make	796		654		523
Other	430		373		327
Total net revenue	$	7,206	$	6,131	$	5,497

Payments for subscriptions are typically due in annual installments or upfront. Autodesk does not have any material variable consideration, such as obligations for returns, refunds, warranties, or amounts due to customers for which significant estimation or judgment is required as of the reporting date.

Remaining performance obligations consist of total short-term, long-term, and unbilled deferred revenue. As of January 31, 2026, Autodesk had remaining performance obligations of $8.30 billion, which represents the total transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations, which are generally recognized over the next three years. We expect to recognize $5.48 billion or 66% of our remaining performance obligations as revenue during the next 12 months. We expect to recognize the remaining $2.82 billion or 34% of our remaining performance obligations as revenue thereafter.

The amount of remaining performance obligations may be impacted by the specific timing, duration, and size of customer subscription and support agreements, the specific timing of customer renewals, and foreign currency fluctuations.

Contract Balances

We receive payments from customers based on a billing schedule as established in our contracts. Contract assets relate to performance completed in advance of scheduled billings. Contract assets were not material as of January 31, 2026 and 2025. Deferred revenue relates to billings in advance of performance under the contract. The primary changes in our contract assets and deferred revenues are due to our performance under the contracts and billings.

Revenue recognized during the fiscal years ended January 31, 2026 and 2025, that was included in the deferred revenue balances at January 31, 2025 and 2024, was $3.78 billion and $3.49 billion, respectively. The satisfaction of performance obligations typically lags behind billings under revenue contracts from customers.