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% quarter-over-quarter from $4.1 billion in Q4 2025.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $4.2 billion in Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $4.2 billion, up 66.98% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $14.7 billion (down 11.01% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $9.6 billion, down 34.17% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses climbed to $4.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $4.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $7.8 billion in Q2 2024 and troughed at -$1.2 billion in Q2 2022.
  • A 5-year average of $3.1 billion and a median of $3.2 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: Operating Expenses plunged 139.1% in 2022, then jumped 396.35% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $3.4 billion in 2022, then climbed by 6.71% to $3.6 billion in 2023, then climbed by 8.06% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then rose by 5.25% to $4.1 billion in 2025, then grew by 3.69% to $4.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ADP's Operating Expenses at $4.2 billion in Q1 2026, $4.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $4.0 billion in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

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10 Snowflake 82.57 Bn 79.61 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn

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