Automatic Data Processing (ADP) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) reported Tax Rate of 23.68% for Q1 2026, up 72.0% year-over-year from 13.77% in Q1 2025, and up 1.99% on a QoQ basis from 23.22% in Q4 2025.
Automatic Data Processing (ADP) has 18 years of Tax Rate data on file, last reported at 23.68% in Q1 2026.
- Quarterly Tax Rate rose 72.0% year-over-year to 23.68% in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 23.27% (up 3.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 23.17%, up 18.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate improved to 23.68% in Q1 2026 per ADP's latest filing, from 23.22% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Tax Rate topped out at 23.87% in Q2 2024 and bottomed at 21.36% in Q3 2023.
- The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 23.15% (2022), against an average of 22.97%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Tax Rate slumped 200 bps; it then soared 156 bps in 2023.
- Tracing ADP's Tax Rate over 5 years: stood at 23.15% in 2022, then grew by 0 bps to 23.2% in 2023, then climbed by 2 bps to 23.63% in 2024, then dropped by 2 bps to 23.22% in 2025, then gained by 2 bps to 23.68% in 2026.
- Per Business Quant, the three latest ADP Tax Rate figures stand at 23.68% (Q1 2026), 23.22% (Q4 2025), and 22.52% (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | - |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 25.31 |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 151.10 Bn | 150.06 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 39.11 |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 8.36 |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 30.31 |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 21.59 |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 22.01 |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 23.68 |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 24.29 |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 10.79 |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.68 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 23.68 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.22 |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.22 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.52 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 22.52 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.52 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 23.52 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.96 |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 22.96 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.63 |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 23.63 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.64 |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 22.64 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 23.87 |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 23.87 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.37 |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 23.37 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.20 |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 23.20 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.36 |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 21.36 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.76 |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 22.76 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.53 |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 23.53 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.15 |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.15 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.87 |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 22.87 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.14 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 22.14 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.97 |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 21.97 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.70 |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 23.70 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.24 |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 22.24 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 22.79 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 22.79 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 23.96 |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 23.96 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 22.23 |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 22.23 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 21.31 |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 21.31 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 22.53 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 22.53 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 23.76 |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 23.76 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 22.01 |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 22.01 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 21.20 |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 21.20 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 24.93 |
| Jun 30, 2019 | 24.93 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 23.44 |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 23.44 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 24.67 |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 24.67 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 21.86 |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 21.86 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 44.72 |
| Jun 30, 2018 | 44.72 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 24.47 |
| Mar 31, 2018 | 24.47 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -14.11 |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -14.11 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 26.96 |
| Sep 30, 2017 | 26.96 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 39.65 |
| Jun 30, 2017 | 39.65 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 28.99 |
| Mar 31, 2017 | 28.99 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 35.02 |
| Dec 31, 2016 | 35.02 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 30.26 |
| Sep 30, 2016 | 30.26 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 33.96 |
| Jun 30, 2016 | 33.96 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 33.00 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | 33.00 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 32.78 |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 32.78 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 33.17 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | 33.17 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 32.65 |
| Jun 30, 2015 | 32.65 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 33.73 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | 33.73 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 33.34 |
| Dec 31, 2014 | 33.34 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 34.15 |
| Sep 30, 2014 | 34.15 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 34.31 |
| Jun 30, 2014 | 34.31 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 34.53 |
| Mar 31, 2014 | 34.53 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 32.10 |
| Dec 31, 2013 | 32.10 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 34.45 |
| Sep 30, 2013 | 34.45 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | -138.00 |
| Jun 30, 2013 | -138.00 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 33.42 |
| Mar 31, 2013 | 33.42 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 33.43 |
| Dec 31, 2012 | 33.43 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 35.03 |
| Sep 30, 2012 | 35.03 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 35.05 |
| Jun 30, 2012 | 35.05 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 34.00 |
| Mar 31, 2012 | 34.00 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 35.30 |
| Dec 31, 2011 | 35.30 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 34.08 |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 34.08 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 32.38 |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 32.38 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 35.10 |
| Mar 31, 2011 | 35.10 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 36.01 |
| Dec 31, 2010 | 36.01 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 36.18 |
| Sep 30, 2010 | 36.18 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 32.05 |
| Jun 30, 2010 | 32.05 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 36.56 |
| Mar 31, 2010 | 36.56 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 34.24 |
| Dec 31, 2009 | 34.24 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 36.51 |
| Sep 30, 2009 | 36.51 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 3.77 |
| Jun 30, 2009 | 3.77 |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 36.02 |
| Mar 31, 2009 | 36.02 |