Growth Metrics

Crown Castle (CCI) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

Crown Castle (CCI) has disclosed Operating Expenses for 17 consecutive years, with $548.0 million as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses changed 0.18% to $548.0 million in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was $2.2 billion through Dec 2025, down 6.57% year-over-year, with the annual reading at $2.2 billion for FY2025, 6.53% down from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses hit $548.0 million in Q4 2025 for Crown Castle, roughly flat from $547.0 million in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.2 billion in Q2 2023 to a low of -$889.0 million in Q4 2023.
  • Historically, Operating Expenses has averaged $803.4 million across 5 years, with a median of $1.1 billion in 2021.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: tumbled 177.17% in 2023 and later surged 161.75% in 2024.
  • Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $1.1 billion in 2021, then grew by 1.86% to $1.2 billion in 2022, then crashed by 177.17% to -$889.0 million in 2023, then soared by 161.75% to $549.0 million in 2024, then decreased by 0.18% to $548.0 million in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Operating Expenses for CCI at $548.0 million in Q4 2025, $547.0 million in Q3 2025, and $554.0 million in Q2 2025.