Booking Holdings (BKNG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)
Booking Holdings (BKNG) recorded Tax Rate of 20.63% in Q3 2026, down 0.16 percentage points from 20.78% a year earlier and down 3.20 percentage points from the prior quarter.
Booking Holdings (BKNG) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a TTM basis, Booking Holdings' Tax Rate came in at 22.36% as of Sep 30, 2026, down 0.43 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 20.90%, up 1.57 percentage points from FY2024.
- Annual Tax Rate has a five-year change of -68.69 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Across earlier years, Tax Rate came in at 19.34% in FY2024 (-2.41 pp), 21.75% in FY2023 (-0.30 pp), 22.05% in FY2022 (+1.57 pp) and 20.48% in FY2021 (-69.12 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure is the lowest quarterly Tax Rate since Q2 2025.
- On a year-over-year basis, Tax Rate rose in three of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.74 percentage points.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Tax Rate in the last five years was a gain of 31.04 percentage points in Q4 2023, against a drop of 143.08 percentage points in Q4 2021 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 23.83% (Q2 2026), 22.59% (Q1 2026) and 23.35% (Q4 2025).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alphabet | 3,462.85 Bn | 3,197.75 Bn | 76.16 Bn | 18.20% |
| 2 | Meta Platforms | 1,559.43 Bn | 1,223.94 Bn | 51.23 Bn | 24.16% |
| 3 | Netflix | 262.12 Bn | 223.42 Bn | 6.80 Bn | 15.13% |
| 4 | Alibaba Group Holding | 253.57 Bn | 67.20 Bn | 15.16 Bn | - |
| 5 | Shopify | 191.77 Bn | 170.57 Bn | 1.78 Bn | 7.41% |
| 6 | Uber Technologies | 139.89 Bn | 110.71 Bn | 6.42 Bn | 28.54% |
| 7 | AppLovin | 130.31 Bn | 118.84 Bn | 1.94 Bn | 17.49% |
| 8 | Spotify Technology | 123.80 Bn | 80.72 Bn | 1.89 Bn | 26.52% |
| 9 | Booking Holdings | 120.61 Bn | 54.35 Bn | - | 20.63% |
| 10 | PDD Holdings | 116.11 Bn | -127.94 Bn | 9.48 Bn | - |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 20.63% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 23.83% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 22.59% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 23.35% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 20.78% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 18.93% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 15.91% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 31.71% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 12.27% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 20.86% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 17.18% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 45.99% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 20.26% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 20.27% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 12.21% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 14.94% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 23.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 25.09% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 24.26% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 20.56% |
Booking Holdings 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=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "BKNG", "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=BKNG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();