Growth Metrics

ServiceNow (NOW) Operating Expenses (2011 - 2026)

ServiceNow posted quarterly Operating Expenses of $2.3 billion for Q1 2026, up 17.17% year-on-year from $2.0 billion in Q1 2025, and up 1.57% on a QoQ basis from $2.3 billion in Q4 2025.

ServiceNow (NOW) has 16 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 17.17% year-over-year to $2.3 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $8.8 billion (up 16.44% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $8.5 billion, up 15.52% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $2.3 billion, up from $2.3 billion in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $2.3 billion in Q1 2026 and bottomed at $1.3 billion in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $1.8 billion (2024), against an average of $1.7 billion.
  • The widest annual swing landed in 2022, when Operating Expenses soared 31.33%; it then rose 13.42% in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $1.4 billion in 2022, then increased by 20.51% to $1.7 billion in 2023, then gained by 18.23% to $2.0 billion in 2024, then grew by 17.37% to $2.3 billion in 2025, then gained by 1.57% to $2.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $2.3 billion (Q1 2026), $2.3 billion (Q4 2025), and $2.1 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Datadog 78.54 Bn 73.78 Bn 797.20 Mn 789.87 Mn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 2.33 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.29 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 2.06 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.13 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.99 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.95 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.80 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.84 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.75 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.65 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.56 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.56 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.37 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.34 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.21 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.09 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.03 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 964.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2020 953.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2020 831.00 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 775.00 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 774.00 Mn
Dec 31, 2019 712.14 Mn
Sep 30, 2019 628.72 Mn
Jun 30, 2019 662.76 Mn
Mar 31, 2019 618.39 Mn
Dec 31, 2018 547.00 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 505.67 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 509.88 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 466.03 Mn
Dec 31, 2017 415.83 Mn
Sep 30, 2017 368.80 Mn
Jun 30, 2017 363.92 Mn
Mar 31, 2017 334.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2016 263.85 Mn
Sep 30, 2016 281.59 Mn
Jun 30, 2016 292.94 Mn
Mar 31, 2016 535.77 Mn
Dec 31, 2015 225.60 Mn
Sep 30, 2015 207.30 Mn
Jun 30, 2015 220.23 Mn
Mar 31, 2015 189.30 Mn
Dec 31, 2014 164.05 Mn
Sep 30, 2014 147.13 Mn
Jun 30, 2014 152.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2014 122.16 Mn
Dec 31, 2013 99.21 Mn
Sep 30, 2013 84.33 Mn
Jun 30, 2013 85.57 Mn
Mar 31, 2013 66.54 Mn
Dec 31, 2012 52.39 Mn
Sep 30, 2012 50.12 Mn
Mar 31, 2012 31.78 Mn
Sep 30, 2011 21.25 Mn
Jun 30, 2011 17.73 Mn