Best Buy (BBY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Best Buy's Tax Rate was 26.98% in fiscal Q2 2027 (quarter ended Aug 1, 2026), up 0.10 percentage points from 26.88% a year earlier but down 0.01 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Best Buy (BBY) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Best Buy's Tax Rate was 26.94% through Aug 1, 2026, up 0.57 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026), it came in at 24.00%, down 4.72 percentage points from FY2025.
- Tax Rate shows a five-year change of -0.36 percentage points (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In earlier fiscal years, Tax Rate was 28.73% in FY2025 (+5.22 pp), 23.50% in FY2024 (+2.81 pp), 20.69% in FY2023 (+1.71 pp) and 18.98% in FY2022 (-5.38 pp).
- Quarterly Tax Rate has moved between 8.56% (fiscal Q1 2026) and 47.53% (fiscal Q4 2025) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Tax Rate was higher in five of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +1.81 percentage points.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Tax Rate over five years was fiscal Q4 2025 (a gain of 26.30 percentage points); the worst was fiscal Q4 2026 (a drop of 21.84 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, BBY's Tax Rate in the three fiscal quarters before Q2 2027 was 26.98% (Q1 2027), 25.69% (Q4 2026) and 31.22% (Q3 2026).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amazon Com | 2,699.85 Bn | 2,216.54 Bn | 104.83 Bn | 22.51% |
| 2 | Home Depot | 327.03 Bn | 320.28 Bn | 16.12 Bn | 24.53% |
| 3 | Tjx Companies | 162.28 Bn | 139.83 Bn | 5.07 Bn | 24.68% |
| 4 | Lowes Companies | 114.66 Bn | 107.62 Bn | 8.58 Bn | 24.44% |
| 5 | Ross Stores | 75.66 Bn | 58.58 Bn | 2.12 Bn | 24.98% |
| 6 | O Reilly Automotive | 75.09 Bn | 74.17 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 22.62% |
| 7 | Target | 71.82 Bn | 66.41 Bn | 8.94 Bn | 23.67% |
| 8 | Carvana | 64.53 Bn | 56.13 Bn | 1.38 Bn | 11.40% |
| 9 | Autozone | 53.43 Bn | 52.33 Bn | 2.52 Bn | 21.12% |
| 10 | Best Buy | 21.00 Bn | 14.34 Bn | 2.34 Bn | 26.98% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2026 | 26.98% |
| May 2, 2026 | 26.98% |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 25.69% |
| Nov 1, 2025 | 31.22% |
| Aug 2, 2025 | 26.88% |
| May 3, 2025 | 8.56% |
| Feb 1, 2025 | 47.53% |
| Nov 2, 2024 | 23.88% |
| Aug 3, 2024 | 25.83% |
| May 4, 2024 | 24.62% |
| Feb 3, 2024 | 21.23% |
| Oct 28, 2023 | 24.71% |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 26.02% |
| Apr 29, 2023 | 23.44% |
| Jan 28, 2023 | 19.31% |
| Oct 29, 2022 | 23.40% |
| Jul 30, 2022 | 15.80% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 24.39% |
| Jan 29, 2022 | 21.50% |
| Oct 30, 2021 | 25.00% |
API Access
Best Buy Tax Rate API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "BBY", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=BBY&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();