Clean Harbors (CLH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Clean Harbors' Operating Expenses came in at $214.57 million for Q2 2026, up 15.2% from $186.18 million a year earlier and up 3.6% from the prior quarter.
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Clean Harbors (CLH) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Clean Harbors reported Operating Expenses of $805.22 million, up 10.5% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $752.53 million, up 1.7% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last five years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 10.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Expenses was $739.63 million in FY2024 (+10.2%), $671.16 million in FY2023 (+7.0%), $627.39 million in FY2022 (+16.6%) and $537.96 million in FY2021 (+19.3%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q2 2009.
- Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for four consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 6.2% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Operating Expenses over five years came in Q4 2021 (growth of 42.8%), and the weakest in Q2 2025 (a decline of 5.9%).
- Business Quant data shows CLH's Operating Expenses at $207.14 million (Q1 2026), $193.89 million (Q4 2025) and $189.61 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Opex (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waste Management | 81.64 Bn | 80.55 Bn | 2.73 Bn | 5.43 Bn |
| 2 | Republic Services | 64.27 Bn | 63.89 Bn | 1.87 Bn | 448.00 Mn |
| 3 | Waste Connections | 38.82 Bn | 38.45 Bn | 1.08 Bn | 538.77 Mn |
| 4 | Clean Harbors | 16.38 Bn | 13.39 Bn | 608.78 Mn | 214.57 Mn |
| 5 | GFL Environmental | 15.51 Bn | 13.19 Bn | 385.80 Mn | 600.10 Mn |
| 6 | Casella Waste Systems | 5.03 Bn | 4.15 Bn | 178.80 Mn | 523.78 Mn |
| 7 | Onterris | 470.12 Mn | 429.40 Mn | 82.26 Mn | 66.50 Mn |
| 8 | Perma Fix Environmental Services | 331.90 Mn | 223.46 Mn | -2.50 Mn | 4.00 Mn |
| 9 | Deep Isolation Nuclear | 182.23 Mn | 182.23 Mn | 707,000.00 | 3.95 Mn |
| 10 | Comstock | 177.73 Mn | 181.05 Mn | -896,073.00 | 26.04 Mn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 214.57 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 207.14 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 193.89 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 189.61 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 186.18 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 182.85 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 182.04 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 177.85 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 197.88 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 181.87 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 166.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 171.02 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 167.38 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 166.75 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 168.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 151.71 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 155.61 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 151.17 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 159.05 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 133.16 Mn |
API Access
Clean Harbors Operating Expenses 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=operating-expenses&ticker=CLH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "CLH", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=CLH&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();