Salesforce (CRM) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)
Salesforce posted quarterly Gross Margin of 77.61% for Q1 2026, down 21.0% year-on-year from 98.24% in Q1 2025, and down 0.53% on a QoQ basis from 78.02% in Q4 2025.
Salesforce (CRM) has 18 years of Gross Margin data on file, last reported at 77.61% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Gross Margin fell 21.0% year-over-year to 77.61%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 stood at 77.68% (up 48.0% YoY), and the FY2026 full-year result was 77.68%, up 48.0% from the prior year.
- Gross Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 77.61%, down from 78.02% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Gross Margin topped out at 897.3% in Q1 2022 and bottomed at 72.41% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 76.85% (2024), against an average of 124.22%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Gross Margin soared 82272 bps; it then sank 82235 bps in 2023.
- A 5-year view of Gross Margin shows it stood at 73.36% in 2022, then climbed by 3 bps to 75.29% in 2023, then gained by 3 bps to 77.71% in 2024, then increased by 0 bps to 78.02% in 2025, then fell by 1 bps to 77.61% in 2026.
- The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 77.61% (Q1 2026), 78.02% (Q4 2025), and 78.1% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Gross Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 72.98% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 77.61% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 89.96% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | 48.77% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 75.07% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 85.65% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 89.62% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | 48.28% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 79.05% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 79.21% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | 77.61% |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 78.02% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 78.10% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 76.96% |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 77.81% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 77.71% |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 76.85% |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 76.33% |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 76.87% |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 75.29% |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 75.44% |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 74.23% |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 74.95% |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 73.36% |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 72.45% |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 72.41% |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 897.30% |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 73.13% |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 74.56% |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 73.92% |
| Jan 31, 2021 | 74.57% |
| Oct 31, 2020 | 74.28% |
| Jul 31, 2020 | 74.55% |
| Apr 30, 2020 | 74.22% |
| Jan 31, 2020 | 74.85% |
| Oct 31, 2019 | 74.87% |
| Jul 31, 2019 | 75.81% |
| Apr 30, 2019 | 75.54% |
| Jan 31, 2019 | 73.74% |
| Oct 31, 2018 | 73.79% |
| Jul 31, 2018 | 74.12% |
| Apr 30, 2018 | 74.48% |
| Jan 31, 2018 | 74.24% |
| Oct 31, 2017 | 73.57% |
| Jul 31, 2017 | 74.00% |
| Apr 30, 2017 | 72.84% |
| Jan 31, 2017 | 72.71% |
| Oct 31, 2016 | 72.70% |
| Jul 31, 2016 | 74.19% |
| Apr 30, 2016 | 74.07% |
| Jan 31, 2016 | 75.48% |
| Oct 31, 2015 | 75.25% |
| Jul 31, 2015 | 75.20% |
| Apr 30, 2015 | 74.73% |
| Jan 31, 2015 | 75.36% |
| Oct 31, 2014 | 75.92% |
| Jul 31, 2014 | 76.65% |
| Apr 30, 2014 | 76.17% |
| Jan 31, 2014 | 76.12% |
| Oct 31, 2013 | 75.08% |
| Jul 31, 2013 | 77.25% |
| Apr 30, 2013 | 76.59% |
| Jan 31, 2013 | 78.03% |
| Oct 31, 2012 | 76.38% |
| Jul 31, 2012 | 77.80% |
| Apr 30, 2012 | 78.21% |
| Jan 31, 2012 | 78.42% |
| Oct 31, 2011 | 78.00% |
| Jul 31, 2011 | 77.86% |
| Apr 30, 2011 | 79.57% |
| Jan 31, 2011 | 79.79% |
| Oct 31, 2010 | 80.86% |
| Jul 31, 2010 | 80.27% |
| Apr 30, 2010 | 81.00% |
| Jan 31, 2010 | 80.78% |
| Oct 31, 2009 | 80.16% |
| Jul 31, 2009 | 80.23% |
| Apr 30, 2009 | 79.73% |
| Jan 31, 2009 | 983.47% |