Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Operating Expenses of $4.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 66.98% year-over-year from $2.5 billion in Q1 2025, and up 3.69% on a QoQ basis from $4.1 billion in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.2 billion in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 66.98% year-over-year to $4.2 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $14.7 billion (down 11.01% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $9.6 billion, down 34.17% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses improved to $4.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $4.1 billion in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $7.8 billion in Q2 2024 and bottomed at -$1.2 billion in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.2 billion (2022), against an average of $3.1 billion.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses slumped 139.1%; it then surged 396.35% in 2023.
- Tracing ADP's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then gained by 6.71% to $3.6 billion in 2023, then gained by 8.06% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then grew by 5.25% to $4.1 billion in 2025, then advanced by 3.69% to $4.2 billion in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP Operating Expenses figures stand at $4.2 billion (Q1 2026), $4.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.0 billion (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | -7.98 Bn |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 6.82 Bn |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 11.28 Bn |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 1.16 Bn |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 2.33 Bn |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 1.04 Bn |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 3.32 Bn |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 4.23 Bn |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 4.54 Bn |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 789.87 Mn |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.23 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.08 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 3.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.53 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 3.88 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.29 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 7.84 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.41 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.59 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.55 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 2.30 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 3.36 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.25 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -1.20 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 2.21 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 2.04 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.96 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 3.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.05 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 1.85 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 1.76 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 1.81 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 3.02 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 2.88 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 1.79 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -1.25 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.86 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 1.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.70 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 5.63 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 2.85 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2017 | 1.71 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 1.63 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 2.67 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 1.70 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 1.56 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 1.53 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 5.00 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 1.61 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 1.48 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 1.44 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -977.20 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 2.29 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 1.38 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 1.36 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2014 | -920.90 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 2.17 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 2.06 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 1.98 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2013 | 982.40 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 2.40 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 2.25 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 2.20 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 2.25 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 2.24 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 2.09 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 2.09 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 2.15 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 2.10 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 1.95 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 1.83 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 1.90 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 1.84 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 1.75 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 1.68 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 1.77 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 1.74 Bn |