Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet's (GOOGL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $79.0 billion in Q2 2026, up 21.29% year-over-year from $65.2 billion in Q2 2025, and up 12.57% quarter-over-quarter from $70.2 billion in Q1 2026.
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Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) Operating Expenses (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Alphabet (GOOGL) has reported Operating Expenses for 13 consecutive years, with $79.0 billion the latest figure, recorded in Q2 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 21.29% year-over-year to $79.0 billion in Q2 2026; TTM through Jun 2026 was $298.2 billion, a 19.28% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $273.8 billion, up 15.22% from the prior year.
- Operating Expenses was $79.0 billion for Q2 2026 at Alphabet, up from $70.2 billion in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $79.0 billion in Q2 2026 and troughed at $47.9 billion in Q1 2022.
- A 5-year average of $60.7 billion and a median of $58.8 billion in 2022 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
- Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses increased 23.25% in 2022 and advanced 4.61% in 2024, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Operating Expenses stood at $57.9 billion in 2022, then rose by 8.16% to $62.6 billion in 2023, then gained by 4.61% to $65.5 billion in 2024, then advanced by 18.93% to $77.9 billion in 2025, then increased by 1.45% to $79.0 billion in 2026.
- The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $79.0 billion (Q2 2026), $70.2 billion (Q1 2026), and $77.9 billion (Q4 2025), per Business Quant data.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 79.03 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 70.20 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 77.90 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 71.12 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 65.16 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 59.63 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 65.50 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 59.75 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 57.32 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 55.07 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 62.61 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 55.35 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 52.77 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 52.37 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 57.89 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 51.96 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 50.23 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 47.92 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 53.44 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 44.09 Bn |