Growth Metrics

Kelly Services (KELYA) Gross Margin (2016 - 2025)

Kelly Services has reported Gross Margin over the past 16 years, most recently at 18.78% for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly results put Gross Margin at 18.78% for Q4 2025, down 150.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Dec 2025 was 20.07% (down 31.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 20.07%, down 31.0%.
  • Gross Margin for Q4 2025 was 18.78% at Kelly Services, down from 20.75% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Gross Margin for KELYA hit a ceiling of 25.93% in Q1 2023 and a floor of 17.69% in Q2 2021.
  • Median Gross Margin over the past 5 years was 20.12% (2023), compared with a mean of 20.09%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Gross Margin: soared 234bps in 2022 and later plummeted -660bps in 2023.
  • Kelly Services' Gross Margin stood at 19.15% in 2021, then grew by 8bps to 20.6% in 2022, then dropped by -6bps to 19.33% in 2023, then grew by 5bps to 20.28% in 2024, then fell by -7bps to 18.78% in 2025.
  • The last three reported values for Gross Margin were 18.78% (Q4 2025), 20.75% (Q3 2025), and 20.47% (Q2 2025) per Business Quant data.