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3M (MMM) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

3M's Operating Expenses history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at $5.3 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 8.37% year-over-year to $5.3 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $20.3 billion, up 2.87%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $20.3 billion, 2.87% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q4 2025 was $5.3 billion at 3M, up from $5.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $15.6 billion in Q2 2023 and bottomed at $1.5 billion in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $5.3 billion (2025), against an average of $6.3 billion.
  • The largest annual shift saw Operating Expenses tumbled 77.86% in 2022 before it skyrocketed 126.08% in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $7.0 billion in 2021, then crashed by 77.86% to $1.5 billion in 2022, then surged by 126.08% to $3.5 billion in 2023, then skyrocketed by 40.63% to $4.9 billion in 2024, then grew by 8.37% to $5.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for MMM's Operating Expenses are $5.3 billion (Q4 2025), $5.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $5.2 billion (Q2 2025).