Costco Wholesale (COST) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Costco Wholesale's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $6.3 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 10.75% year-over-year to $6.3 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $26.1 billion (up 9.87% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $25.0 billion, up 9.45% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $6.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Costco Wholesale, down from $6.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $7.8 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $4.4 billion in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of $5.7 billion and a median of $5.7 billion in 2025 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2023 — Operating Expenses climbed 14.96% — and 2024, when it climbed 1.84%.
• Costco Wholesale's Operating Expenses stood at $4.9 billion in 2022, then grew by 8.97% to $5.4 billion in 2023, then increased by 9.11% to $5.8 billion in 2024, then grew by 8.35% to $6.3 billion in 2025, then slipped by 0.98% to $6.3 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows COST's Operating Expenses at $6.3 billion in Q1 2026, $6.3 billion in Q4 2025, and $7.8 billion in Q3 2025.