Relx (RELX) Tax Rate (2021 - 2025)
Relx's (RELX) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 22.49% in Q4 2025, down 3.0% year-over-year from 23.19% in Q4 2024, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 22.46% in Q4 2024.
Relx (RELX) Tax Rate (2021 - 2025) Analysis & Trends
Relx (RELX) has reported Tax Rate for 5 consecutive years, with 22.49% the latest figure, recorded in Q4 2025.
- On a quarterly basis, Tax Rate fell 3.0% year-over-year to 22.49% in Q4 2025; TTM through Dec 2025 was 21.72%, a 95.0% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2025 full-year figure at 26.4%, down 266.0% from the prior year.
- Tax Rate was 22.49% for Q4 2025 at Relx, roughly flat from 22.46% in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Tax Rate peaked at 18.49% in Q4 2021 and troughed at 22.49% in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of 21.02% and a median of 21.29% in 2022 frame the typical range for Tax Rate.
- Across the five-year window, Tax Rate plunged 281 bps in 2022 and jumped 93 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Tax Rate stood at 18.49% in 2021, then declined by 15 bps to 21.29% in 2022, then increased by 4 bps to 20.36% in 2023, then decreased by 10 bps to 22.46% in 2024, then slipped by 0 bps to 22.49% in 2025.
- The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 22.49% (Q4 2025), 22.46% (Q4 2024), and 20.36% (Q4 2023), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Tax Rate (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palantir Technologies | 460.85 Bn | 451.55 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 1.42% |
| 2 | Oracle | 437.09 Bn | 400.44 Bn | - | 15.11% |
| 3 | Sap Se | 258.74 Bn | 237.66 Bn | 8.40 Bn | -26.51% |
| 4 | Salesforce | 195.52 Bn | 184.12 Bn | 8.70 Bn | 22.54% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 145.61 Bn | 140.94 Bn | 2.82 Bn | 31.96% |
| 6 | Automatic Data Processing | 104.89 Bn | 100.66 Bn | 2.51 Bn | 22.20% |
| 7 | Intuit | 76.97 Bn | 69.77 Bn | 3.46 Bn | 32.78% |
| 8 | Relx | 60.41 Bn | 60.04 Bn | - | - |
| 9 | Strategy | 57.09 Bn | 54.64 Bn | 81.55 Mn | -0.02% |
| 10 | Workday | 46.40 Bn | 42.99 Bn | 2.21 Bn | -93.27% |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2025 | -22.49% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | -22.46% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | -20.36% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | -21.29% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | -18.49% |
Relx Tax Rate 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=tax-rate&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "tax-rate", "ticker": "RELX", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=tax-rate&ticker=RELX&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();