Starbucks (SBUX) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Starbucks (SBUX) has 18 years of Operating Expenses data on file, last reported at $8.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $8.8 billion, up 6.5% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $35.8 billion (up 11.56% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $34.5 billion, up 11.03% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses slipped to $8.8 billion in Q1 2026 per SBUX's latest filing, from $9.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Operating Expenses peaked at $9.4 billion in Q3 2025 and troughed at $6.7 billion in Q2 2022.
• A 5-year average of $7.9 billion and a median of $7.7 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Operating Expenses.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2024 and 2025: Operating Expenses slipped 0.04% in 2024, then rose 19.13% in 2025.
• A 5-year view of Operating Expenses shows it stood at $7.3 billion in 2022, then climbed by 9.39% to $8.0 billion in 2023, then advanced by 4.09% to $8.3 billion in 2024, then grew by 9.16% to $9.1 billion in 2025, then fell by 3.64% to $8.8 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows SBUX's Operating Expenses at $8.8 billion in Q1 2026, $9.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $9.4 billion in Q3 2025.