Backblaze (BLZE) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

Backblaze (BLZE) recorded quarterly Operating Expenses of $26.4 million in Q3 2025, down 11.31% quarter-over-quarter from $29.8 million in Q2 2025, and down 12.02% on a YoY basis from $30.0 million in Q3 2024.

Backblaze (BLZE) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025) Analysis & Trends

Backblaze's Operating Expenses history runs 6 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $26.4 million for Q3 2025.

  • In Q3 2025, Operating Expenses fell 12.02% year-over-year to $26.4 million; the TTM figure through Dec 2025 stood at $84.2 million (down 27.2% YoY), while the FY2024 annual figure was $115.6 million, up 7.3% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $26.4 million for Q3 2025 at Backblaze, down from $29.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $32.3 million in Q4 2024 to a low of $10.3 million in Q1 2021.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $23.8 million across 5 years, with a median of $26.3 million in 2024.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2025: Operating Expenses jumped 108.74% in 2022, then slipped 12.02% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $17.4 million in 2021, then jumped by 45.03% to $25.3 million in 2022, then grew by 5.77% to $26.7 million in 2023, then gained by 20.84% to $32.3 million in 2024, then retreated by 18.23% to $26.4 million in 2025.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $26.4 million (Q3 2025), $29.8 million (Q2 2025), and $28.0 million (Q1 2025), per Business Quant data.

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9 Cloudflare 80.35 Bn 79.41 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
10 Backblaze - - - -

Historic Data

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Sep 30, 2025 26.39 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 29.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 28.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 32.28 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 30.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 27.04 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 26.32 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 26.71 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 27.32 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 25.97 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 27.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 25.25 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 23.28 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 21.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 21.50 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 17.41 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 13.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 11.96 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 10.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 10.05 Mn