Backblaze (BLZE) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2025)

Backblaze's (BLZE) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $26.4 million in Q3 2025, down 12.02% year-on-year from $30.0 million in Q3 2024, and down 11.31% quarter-over-quarter from $29.8 million in Q2 2025.

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.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 12.02% year-over-year to $26.4 million in Q3 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was $84.2 million, a 27.2% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2024 full-year figure at $115.6 million, up 7.3% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses declined to $26.4 million in Q3 2025 per BLZE's latest filing, from $29.8 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $32.3 million in Q4 2024 and bottomed at $10.3 million in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $26.3 million (2024), against an average of $23.8 million.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses soared 108.74% in 2022 and declined 12.02% in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses 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.
  • Per Business Quant, the three latest BLZE Operating Expenses figures stand at $26.4 million (Q3 2025), $29.8 million (Q2 2025), and $28.0 million (Q1 2025).

Peer Comparison

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1 Microsoft 2,842.90 Bn 2,718.46 Bn 56.06 Bn 8.75 Bn
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4 Repay Holdings 314.63 Bn 314.48 Bn - -
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6 Palo Alto Networks 227.51 Bn 222.98 Bn 1.91 Bn 1.51 Bn
7 CrowdStrike Holdings 183.28 Bn 180.18 Bn 993.68 Mn 979.89 Mn
8 Fortinet 112.44 Bn 109.14 Bn 1.49 Bn 905.10 Mn
9 Cloudflare 92.78 Bn 91.83 Bn 455.60 Mn 517.59 Mn
10 Backblaze 664.36 Mn 612.98 Mn - -

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