Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Columbia Banking System's Operating Expenses was $375 million in Q2 2026, up 34.9% from $278 million a year earlier but down 4.8% from the prior quarter.
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Columbia Banking System, Inc. (COLB) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, Columbia Banking System's Operating Expenses was $1.57 billion through Jun 30, 2026, up 36.3% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $1.42 billion, up 28.9% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 33.6% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Operating Expenses was $1.1 billion in FY2024 (-15.9%), $1.31 billion in FY2023 (+78.7%), $734.95 million in FY2022 (-3.4%) and $760.46 million in FY2021 (+127.3%).
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has moved between $90.01 million (Q3 2021) and $502.77 million (Q4 2021) over five years.
- Compared with a year earlier, Operating Expenses has increased for four straight quarters, with growth averaging 17.1% over the last eight quarters.
- The best year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses over five years was Q4 2021 (growth of 496.4%); the worst was Q4 2022 (a decline of 61.2%).
- Per Business Quant data, COLB's Operating Expenses in the three quarters before Q2 2026 was $394 million (Q1 2026), $412 million (Q4 2025) and $393 million (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 375.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 394.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 412.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 393.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 278.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 340.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 266.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 271.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 279.24 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 287.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 337.48 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 304.15 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 328.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 342.82 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 194.98 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 177.96 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 179.57 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 182.43 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 502.77 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 90.01 Mn |
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Columbia Banking System, Inc. 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=COLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "COLB", "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=COLB&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();