Alphabet (GOOGN) Cost of Revenue (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet's Cost of Revenue came in at $51.42 billion for Q3 2026, up 24.3% from $41.37 billion a year earlier and up 11.9% from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet (GOOGN) Cost of Revenue (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Sep 30, 2026, Alphabet reported Cost of Revenue of $184.4 billion, up 17.2% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $162.54 billion, up 11.1% from FY2024.
- Cost of Revenue has increased in each of the last 12 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 13.9% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Cost of Revenue was $146.31 billion in FY2024 (+9.7%), $133.33 billion in FY2023 (+5.6%), $126.2 billion in FY2022 (+13.8%) and $110.94 billion in FY2021 (+30.9%).
- The Q3 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to Q3 2014.
- Year-over-year, Cost of Revenue has increased for 45 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 13.4% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Cost of Revenue ran from 3.4% in Q1 2023 to 26.5% in Q4 2021.
- Business Quant data shows GOOGN's Cost of Revenue at $45.94 billion (Q2 2026), $41.27 billion (Q1 2026) and $45.77 billion (Q4 2025) in the three quarters before Q3 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 51.42 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 45.94 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 41.27 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 45.77 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 41.37 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 39.04 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 36.36 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 40.61 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 36.47 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 35.51 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 33.71 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 37.58 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 33.23 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 31.92 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 30.61 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 35.34 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 31.16 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 30.10 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.60 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 32.99 Bn |
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=GOOGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "GOOGN", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=GOOGN&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();