Growth Metrics

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

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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