Kelly Services Inc (KELYA) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026)
Kelly Services (KELYA) posted Operating Expenses of $195.9 million for Q2 2026, down 5.5% from $207.3 million a year earlier and down 1.7% from the prior quarter.
Kelly Services Inc (KELYA) Operating Expenses (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For the trailing twelve months through Jun 28, 2026, Operating Expenses at Kelly Services was $788.1 million, down 9.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $825.9 million, up 0.9% from FY2024.
- Annual Operating Expenses shows a four-year compound annual growth rate of 0.6% (FY2021 to FY2025).
- In prior years, Kelly Services' Operating Expenses was $818.4 million in FY2024 (-12.4%), $934.7 million in FY2023 (-0.9%), $943.5 million in FY2022 and $805.6 million in FY2021.
- Quarterly Operating Expenses has run from a low of $190.5 million in Q1 2024 to a high of $303.6 million in Q4 2022 over five years.
- On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has declined in each of the last four quarters, with an average decline of 2.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q1 2025, with growth of 18.5%; the weakest was Q4 2023, with a decline of 23.9%.
- According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $199.3 million (Q1 2026), $198.5 million (Q4 2025) and $194.4 million (Q3 2025).
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2026 | 195.90 Mn |
| Mar 29, 2026 | 199.30 Mn |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 198.50 Mn |
| Sep 28, 2025 | 194.40 Mn |
| Jun 29, 2025 | 207.30 Mn |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 225.70 Mn |
| Dec 29, 2024 | 217.40 Mn |
| Sep 29, 2024 | 219.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 191.50 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 190.50 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 230.90 Mn |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 228.40 Mn |
| Jul 2, 2023 | 232.00 Mn |
| Apr 2, 2023 | 243.40 Mn |
| Jan 1, 2023 | 303.60 Mn |
| Oct 2, 2022 | 231.10 Mn |
| Jul 3, 2022 | 240.10 Mn |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 236.10 Mn |
| Oct 3, 2021 | 219.90 Mn |
| Jul 4, 2021 | 217.30 Mn |
Kelly Services Inc Operating Expenses API
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=KELYA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "KELYA", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=KELYA&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();