Mcdonalds (MCD) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Mcdonalds' Operating Expenses history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at $3.6 billion for Q1 2026.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 7.74% year-over-year to $3.6 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $14.7 billion (up 4.73% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $14.5 billion, up 2.0% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses was $3.6 billion for Q1 2026 at Mcdonalds, down from $3.9 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $4.0 billion in Q2 2022 and bottomed at $3.1 billion in Q3 2022.
• A 5-year average of $3.5 billion and a median of $3.5 billion in 2024 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Expenses gained 25.33% — and 2023, when it fell 15.31%.
• Mcdonalds' Operating Expenses stood at $3.3 billion in 2022, then grew by 7.77% to $3.6 billion in 2023, then declined by 2.33% to $3.5 billion in 2024, then grew by 9.46% to $3.9 billion in 2025, then retreated by 7.5% to $3.6 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows MCD's Operating Expenses at $3.6 billion in Q1 2026, $3.9 billion in Q4 2025, and $3.7 billion in Q3 2025.