Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $4.2 billion for Q1 2026, up 5.95% year-over-year from $4.0 billion in Q1 2025, and up 68.69% quarter-over-quarter from $2.5 billion in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has reported Operating Expenses for 18 consecutive years, with $4.2 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 5.95% year-over-year to $4.2 billion; the TTM figure through Mar 2026 stood at $11.6 billion (down 35.39% YoY), while the FY2025 annual figure was $9.6 billion, down 34.17% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses grew to $4.2 billion in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from $2.5 billion in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $7.8 billion in Q2 2024 and bottomed at $2.1 billion in Q3 2022.
- Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $3.1 billion across 5 years, with a median of $2.5 billion in 2025.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses soared 387.7% — and 2025, when it sank 69.05%.
- Automatic Data Processing's Operating Expenses stood at $2.1 billion in 2022, then increased by 3.69% to $2.2 billion in 2023, then soared by 75.22% to $3.9 billion in 2024, then sank by 35.31% to $2.5 billion in 2025, then surged by 68.69% to $4.2 billion in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows ADP's Operating Expenses at $4.2 billion in Q1 2026, $2.5 billion in Q4 2025, and $2.5 billion in Q3 2025.
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Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 4.34 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 4.23 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 2.51 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 2.46 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 2.43 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 3.99 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 | 2.21 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 2.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 2.15 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 3.60 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 2.13 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 2.07 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.33 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.35 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 1.93 Bn |