Build-A-Bear Workshop (BBW) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)

Build-A-Bear Workshop's Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $56.1 million for Q2 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 4.8% year-over-year to $56.1 million in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through May 2026 was $231.8 million (up 9.21% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $229.2 million, up 11.14% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $56.1 million for Q2 2026 at Build-A-Bear Workshop, down from $63.9 million in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $63.9 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $42.3 million in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of $51.3 million and a median of $50.5 million in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses surged 36.21% — and 2025, when it fell 1.16%.
• Build-A-Bear Workshop's Operating Expenses stood at $44.4 million in 2022, then grew by 4.79% to $46.6 million in 2023, then increased by 10.96% to $51.7 million in 2024, then advanced by 7.06% to $55.3 million in 2025, then grew by 1.47% to $56.1 million in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows BBW's Operating Expenses at $56.1 million in Q2 2026, $63.9 million in Q1 2026, and $55.3 million in Q4 2025.