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Gartner (IT) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2026)

Gartner filings provide 18 years of Operating Expenses readings, the most recent being $1.2 billion for Q1 2026.

  • On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses fell 4.87% to $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 year-over-year; TTM through Mar 2026 was $5.4 billion, a 4.69% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $5.5 billion, up 7.05% from a year prior.
  • Operating Expenses hit $1.2 billion in Q1 2026 for Gartner, down from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $1.4 billion in Q3 2025 to a low of $1.0 billion in Q1 2023.
  • Median Operating Expenses over the past 5 years was $1.2 billion (2023), compared with a mean of $1.2 billion.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Operating Expenses: increased 20.93% in 2022 and later dropped 4.87% in 2026.
  • Gartner's Operating Expenses stood at $1.2 billion in 2022, then grew by 9.58% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then rose by 8.77% to $1.4 billion in 2024, then grew by 1.5% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then dropped by 15.75% to $1.2 billion in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Operating Expenses were $1.2 billion (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.4 billion (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.