Growth Metrics

Knightscope (KSCP) Operating Expenses (2020 - 2026)

Knightscope posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $10.8 million for Q1 2026, up 75.21% year-on-year from $6.2 million in Q1 2025, and up 11.64% on a QoQ basis from $9.7 million in Q4 2025.

Knightscope (KSCP) has 7 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $10.8 million in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 75.21% year-over-year to $10.8 million; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $33.7 million (up 33.78% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $29.1 million, up 12.08% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $10.8 million, up from $9.7 million in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $10.8 million in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $5.4 million in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $6.5 million (2022), against an average of $7.0 million.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 98.21%; it then retreated 27.81% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $7.6 million in 2022, then declined by 27.81% to $5.5 million in 2023, then grew by 2.94% to $5.6 million in 2024, then soared by 71.72% to $9.7 million in 2025, then rose by 11.64% to $10.8 million in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $10.8 million (Q1 2026), $9.7 million (Q4 2025), and $7.9 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

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1 Allegion 11.20 Bn 10.89 Bn 454.50 Mn 259.20 Mn
2 MSA Safety 6.44 Bn 6.26 Bn 219.58 Mn 126.34 Mn
3 Adt 5.10 Bn 5.07 Bn 1.04 Bn 364.77 Mn
4 Brinks 4.39 Bn 3.98 Bn 382.40 Mn 1.20 Bn
5 Brady 4.08 Bn 3.90 Bn 225.47 Mn 152.26 Mn
6 Geo 3.01 Bn 2.92 Bn - 521.51 Mn
7 CoreCivic 2.08 Bn 1.87 Bn - 467.72 Mn
8 Napco Security Technologies 1.34 Bn 1.21 Bn 29.49 Mn 30.68 Mn
9 Evolv Technologies Holdings 1.14 Bn 1.08 Bn 23.60 Mn 32.07 Mn
10 Knightscope 105,996.00 -11.29 Mn 465,000.00 10.79 Mn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 10.79 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 9.67 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 7.94 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 5.35 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 6.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 5.63 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 7.24 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 6.20 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 6.84 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 5.47 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 6.53 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 5.95 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 6.31 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 7.58 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 6.88 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 6.54 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 7.65 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 8.08 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 3.47 Mn
Jun 30, 2021 6.21 Mn
Mar 31, 2021 4.74 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 4.89 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 3.33 Mn