ServiceNow (NOW) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow's Cost of Revenue was $1.21 billion in Q3 2026, up 56.5% from $774 million a year earlier and up 3.6% from the prior quarter.
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ServiceNow (NOW) Cost of Revenue (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
On a trailing twelve-month basis, ServiceNow's Cost of Revenue was $4.15 billion through Sep 30, 2026, up 49.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at $2.98 billion, up 30.4% from FY2024.
- Cost of Revenue has now increased for 14 consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 24.8% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- In earlier years, Cost of Revenue was $2.29 billion in FY2024 (+19.1%), $1.92 billion in FY2023 (+22.1%), $1.57 billion in FY2022 (+16.3%) and $1.35 billion in FY2021 (+37.1%).
- The Q3 2026 figure marks the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to Q3 2012.
- Compared with a year earlier, Cost of Revenue has increased for 53 straight quarters, with growth averaging 38.2% over the last eight quarters.
- Over the past five years, the year-over-year growth in Cost of Revenue ranged from 11.0% (Q4 2022) to 61.5% (Q2 2026).
- Per Business Quant data, NOW's Cost of Revenue in the three quarters before Q3 2026 was $1.17 billion (Q2 2026), $940 million (Q1 2026) and $834 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 386.60 Bn | 351.42 Bn | 1.93 Bn | 383.29 Mn |
| 2 | Oracle | 343.94 Bn | 216.07 Bn | - | - |
| 3 | Sap Se | 272.35 Bn | 199.75 Bn | 8.64 Bn | 3.18 Bn |
| 4 | Salesforce | 175.46 Bn | 131.33 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 2.65 Bn |
| 5 | Automatic Data Processing | 122.07 Bn | 108.86 Bn | 2.53 Bn | 2.97 Bn |
| 6 | ServiceNow | 105.47 Bn | 84.73 Bn | 2.90 Bn | 1.21 Bn |
| 7 | Intuit | 94.25 Bn | 73.60 Bn | 3.44 Bn | 910.00 Mn |
| 8 | Relx | 73.66 Bn | 72.75 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 51.78 Bn | 38.91 Bn | 89.63 Mn | 35.79 Mn |
| 10 | Thomson Reuters | 50.52 Bn | 46.49 Bn | - | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 1.21 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.17 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 940.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 834.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 774.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 724.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 651.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 631.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 584.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 552.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 520.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 516.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 496.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 471.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 438.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 415.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 400.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 389.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 369.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 374.00 Mn |
API Access
ServiceNow Cost of Revenue API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "NOW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=NOW&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();