Growth Metrics

Booking Holdings (BKNG) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Booking Holdings filings provide 18 years of Operating Expenses readings, the most recent being $4.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 15.16% to $4.3 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $18.7 billion, a 14.72% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $18.1 billion, up 11.79% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses hit $4.3 billion in Q1 2026 for Booking Holdings, down from $4.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $5.5 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $2.5 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $3.8 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $3.9 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: soared 73.62% in 2022 and later decreased 10.37% in 2024.
  • Booking Holdings' Operating Expenses stood at $2.7 billion in 2022, then soared by 54.4% to $4.2 billion in 2023, then decreased by 10.37% to $3.7 billion in 2024, then grew by 15.42% to $4.3 billion in 2025, then fell by 1.34% to $4.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $4.3 billion (Q1 2026), $4.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.5 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.