Paychex (PAYX) Goodwill (2009 - 2026)

Paychex has disclosed Goodwill across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $4.5 billion for Q1 2026.

• Goodwill for Q1 2026 came in at $4.5 billion, up 141.06% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Feb 2026 was $4.5 billion (up 141.06% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $4.5 billion, up 139.77% from the prior year.
• Goodwill came in at $4.5 billion for Q1 2026 at Paychex, roughly flat from $4.5 billion in the prior quarter.
• In the past five years, Goodwill ranged from a high of $4.5 billion in Q4 2025 to a low of $1.8 billion in Q3 2022.
• The 5-year median for Goodwill is $1.9 billion (2023), against an average of $2.5 billion.
• Across the five-year window, Goodwill retreated 0.24% in 2025 and surged 141.06% in 2026, its largest moves.
• Paychex's Goodwill stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then advanced by 2.86% to $1.9 billion in 2023, then decreased by 0.13% to $1.9 billion in 2024, then soared by 140.84% to $4.5 billion in 2025, then retreated by 0.02% to $4.5 billion in 2026.
• The last three Goodwill figures came in at $4.5 billion (Q1 2026), $4.5 billion (Q4 2025), and $4.5 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.