Company: DHR
Filing Date: 2025-06-17
Form Type: 11-K
Source: 0000313616-25-000138
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Company: DANAHER CORP /DE/
Filing Date: 2025-06-17
Form: 11-K
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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### Washington, D.C. 20549
| FORM 11-K |

<div align='center'>FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR

PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</div>

| ý |     | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

#### For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024

#### OR
| ¨ |     | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |

#### Commission file number: 001-08089
| A. |     | Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below: |

#### Danaher Corporation & Subsidiaries Savings Plan
| B. |     | Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: |

#### Danaher Corporation

#### 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 800W

#### Washington, D.C. 20037-1701

#### 202-828-0850

### DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES SAVINGS PLAN

### FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND 2023

#### AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024,

#### SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2024 AND

### REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

### DANAHER CORPORATION & SUBSIDIARIES SAVINGS PLAN

#### INDEX

#### FORM 11-K
|                                                                                                                        |     | Page |
| REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM                                                                |     |    1 |
| FINANCIAL STATEMENTS                                                                                                   |     |      |
| Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2024and 2023                                        |     |    2 |
| Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2024                         |     |    3 |
| Notes to Financial Statements as of December 31, 2024