Salesforce (CRM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Salesforce (CRM) posted Operating Expenses of $6.2 billion for Q2 2026, down 8.91% on a QoQ basis from $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, and up 10.57% year-over-year from $5.6 billion in Q2 2025.

Salesforce (CRM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Salesforce's Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $6.2 billion for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 10.57% year-over-year to $6.2 billion in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was $24.5 billion (up 9.42% YoY) and the FY2026 annual result came in at $23.9 billion, up 8.51% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses was $6.2 billion for Q2 2026 at Salesforce, down from $6.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $5.0 billion in Q3 2023.
  • A 5-year average of $5.6 billion and a median of $5.5 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses jumped 32.4% — and 2024, when it declined 7.85%.
  • Salesforce's Operating Expenses stood at $5.3 billion in 2022, then retreated by 4.25% to $5.1 billion in 2023, then climbed by 7.54% to $5.4 billion in 2024, then advanced by 6.79% to $5.8 billion in 2025, then advanced by 6.88% to $6.2 billion in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows CRM's Operating Expenses at $6.2 billion in Q2 2026, $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, and $5.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 208.91 Bn 189.27 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Full Truck Alliance 188.77 Bn 186.13 Bn - -269.42 Mn
3 Shopify 145.98 Bn 140.23 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
4 Uber Technologies 141.48 Bn 140.44 Bn 5.95 Bn 11.28 Bn
5 Salesforce 128.51 Bn 116.67 Bn 8.56 Bn 6.22 Bn
6 ServiceNow 98.38 Bn 93.20 Bn 2.82 Bn 2.66 Bn
7 Automatic Data Processing 97.56 Bn 94.34 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
8 Snowflake 91.55 Bn 88.59 Bn 926.45 Mn 1.25 Bn
9 Cadence Design Systems 89.91 Bn 88.50 Bn 1.41 Bn 1.04 Bn
10 Datadog 86.34 Bn 81.58 Bn 797.20 Mn 789.87 Mn

Historic Data

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Apr 30, 2026 6.22 Bn
Jan 31, 2026 6.82 Bn
Oct 31, 2025 5.82 Bn
Jul 31, 2025 5.66 Bn
Apr 30, 2025 5.62 Bn
Jan 31, 2025 5.96 Bn
Oct 31, 2024 5.45 Bn
Jul 31, 2024 5.38 Bn
Apr 30, 2024 5.26 Bn
Jan 31, 2024 5.52 Bn
Oct 31, 2023 5.06 Bn
Jul 31, 2023 5.01 Bn
Apr 30, 2023 5.71 Bn
Jan 31, 2023 5.93 Bn
Oct 31, 2022 5.29 Bn
Jul 31, 2022 5.40 Bn
Apr 30, 2022 5.35 Bn
Jan 31, 2022 5.49 Bn
Oct 31, 2021 4.98 Bn
Jul 31, 2021 4.40 Bn