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Starbucks (SBUX) Payables (2016 - 2025)

Starbucks (SBUX) has disclosed Payables for 17 consecutive years, with $1.7 billion as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • On a quarterly basis, Payables fell 5.37% to $1.7 billion in Q4 2025 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2025 was $1.7 billion, a 5.37% decrease, with the full-year FY2025 number at $1.9 billion, up 16.13% from a year prior.
  • Payables was $1.7 billion for Q4 2025 at Starbucks, down from $1.9 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Payables ranged from a high of $1.9 billion in Q1 2025 to a low of $1.1 billion in Q1 2021.
  • A 5-year average of $1.6 billion and a median of $1.6 billion in 2023 define the central range for Payables.
  • Peak YoY movement for Payables: crashed 50.02% in 2021, then skyrocketed 49.94% in 2022.
  • Starbucks' Payables stood at $1.2 billion in 2021, then skyrocketed by 33.41% to $1.6 billion in 2022, then grew by 11.99% to $1.8 billion in 2023, then decreased by 1.8% to $1.8 billion in 2024, then decreased by 5.37% to $1.7 billion in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for SBUX's Payables are $1.7 billion (Q4 2025), $1.9 billion (Q3 2025), and $1.9 billion (Q2 2025).