Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)

Live Nation Entertainment's Operating Expenses history runs 16 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $1.5 billion for Q1 2026.

• On a quarterly basis, Operating Expenses rose 75.9% year-over-year to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026; TTM through Mar 2026 was $5.2 billion, a 23.8% increase from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at $4.6 billion, up 3.52% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses advanced to $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 per LYV's latest filing, from $1.4 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $1.5 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $602.6 million in Q1 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.1 billion (2024), against an average of $1.0 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses surged 105.18% in 2022 and dropped 18.2% in 2025, its largest moves.
• Year by year, Operating Expenses stood at $987.0 million in 2022, then increased by 8.45% to $1.1 billion in 2023, then rose by 16.11% to $1.2 billion in 2024, then grew by 15.21% to $1.4 billion in 2025, then grew by 6.27% to $1.5 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest LYV Operating Expenses figures stand at $1.5 billion (Q1 2026), $1.4 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.1 billion (Q3 2025).