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
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |