3M (MMM) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

3M has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $4.6 billion for Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $4.6 billion, down 1.59% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $20.2 billion (up 3.32% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $20.3 billion, up 2.87% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses came in at $4.6 billion for Q1 2026 at 3M, down from $5.3 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $15.6 billion in Q2 2023 to a low of $1.5 billion in Q4 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $5.1 billion (2025), against an average of $6.1 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses plunged 77.86% in 2022 and surged 229.44% in 2023, its largest moves.
• 3M's Operating Expenses stood at $1.5 billion in 2022, then soared by 229.44% to $5.1 billion in 2023, then fell by 3.49% to $4.9 billion in 2024, then rose by 8.37% to $5.3 billion in 2025, then decreased by 13.19% to $4.6 billion in 2026.
• The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $4.6 billion (Q1 2026), $5.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $5.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.