Booking Holdings (BKNG) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Booking Holdings has reported Operating Expenses for 18 years, with the latest figure at $4.3 billion in Q1 2026.

• For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 15.16% year-over-year to $4.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $18.7 billion (up 14.72% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $18.1 billion, up 11.79% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $4.3 billion, down from $4.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $5.5 billion in Q3 2025, with the low at $2.5 billion in Q1 2022.
• Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $3.9 billion across 5 years, with a median of $3.8 billion in 2023.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 73.62% — and 2024, when it fell 10.37%.
• Booking Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $2.7 billion in 2022, then jumped by 54.4% to $4.2 billion in 2023, then slipped by 10.37% to $3.7 billion in 2024, then increased by 15.42% to $4.3 billion in 2025, then dropped by 1.34% to $4.3 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.3 billion (Q1 2026), $4.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.