Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Operating Expenses (2016 - 2025)

ServiceNow's Operating Expenses history spans 15 years, with the latest figure at $2.3 billion for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Operating Expenses rose 17.37% year-over-year to $2.3 billion; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached $8.5 billion, up 15.52%, while the annual FY2025 figure was $8.5 billion, 15.52% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses reached $2.3 billion in Q4 2025 per NOW's latest filing, up from $2.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $2.3 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $964.0 million in Q1 2021.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $1.6 billion, with a median of $1.6 billion recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Operating Expenses: surged 32.77% in 2021, then grew 13.42% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.2 billion in 2021, then rose by 13.69% to $1.4 billion in 2022, then rose by 20.51% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 18.23% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then increased by 17.37% to $2.3 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for NOW's Operating Expenses are $2.3 billion (Q4 2025), $2.1 billion (Q3 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q2 2025).