Public Storage (PSA-PQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)
Public Storage's Operating Expenses came in at $766.2 million for Q2 2026, up 9.3% from $701.1 million a year earlier and up 3.1% from the prior quarter.
Public Storage (PSA-PQ) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the trailing twelve months to Jun 30, 2026, Public Storage reported Operating Expenses of $2.98 billion, up 5.4% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.89 billion, up 3.4% from FY2024.
- Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last 13 years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 13.1% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Operating Expenses was $2.8 billion in FY2024 (+15.3%), $2.43 billion in FY2023 (+11.4%), $2.18 billion in FY2022 (+20.1%) and $1.81 billion in FY2021 (+16.2%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Year-over-year, Operating Expenses has increased for 41 consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 5.5% over the last eight quarters.
- Across the past five years, year-over-year growth in Operating Expenses ran from 2.0% in Q2 2025 to 31.5% in Q1 2022.
- Business Quant data shows PSA-PQ's Operating Expenses at $743.46 million (Q1 2026), $739.74 million (Q4 2025) and $732.53 million (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
Peer Comparison
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 766.20 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 743.46 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 739.74 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 732.53 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 701.10 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 719.18 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 702.70 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 705.03 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 687.11 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 702.52 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 682.90 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 611.83 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 563.01 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 568.48 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 541.35 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 561.43 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 535.68 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 539.33 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 481.83 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 480.70 Mn |
Public Storage Operating Expenses 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=operating-expenses&ticker=PSA-PQ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "operating-expenses", "ticker": "PSA-PQ", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=operating-expenses&ticker=PSA-PQ&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();