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.

• Quarterly Operating Expenses rose 6.5% year-over-year to $8.8 billion in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $35.8 billion (up 11.56% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at $34.5 billion, up 11.03% from the prior year.
• Operating Expenses eased to $8.8 billion in Q1 2026 per SBUX's latest filing, from $9.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Across five years, Operating Expenses topped out at $9.4 billion in Q3 2025 and bottomed at $6.7 billion in Q2 2022.
• The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $7.7 billion (2023), against an average of $7.9 billion.
• The widest annual swing landed in 2024, when Operating Expenses retreated 0.04%; it then grew 19.13% in 2025.
• Tracing SBUX's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $7.3 billion in 2022, then gained by 9.39% to $8.0 billion in 2023, then rose by 4.09% to $8.3 billion in 2024, then advanced by 9.16% to $9.1 billion in 2025, then dropped by 3.64% to $8.8 billion in 2026.
• Per Business Quant, the three latest SBUX Operating Expenses figures stand at $8.8 billion (Q1 2026), $9.1 billion (Q4 2025), and $9.4 billion (Q3 2025).

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